Jacob Maslow Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Last week, it was announced that the Tiger Temple refused to let authorities examine the bears on the Temple’s property. The six moon bears are a protected species, and the Tiger Temple did not provide proper documentation for the bears. Monks and followers blocked the temple’s gates to stop authorities from removing the bears. Local authorities devised a plan to remove the bears this weekend. The animals were sedated and hoisted into trucks using a crane. None of the protestors were alerted to the bear’s removal as protestors were distracted by officials. Removal was carefully done by forest rangers and wildlife protection officials. All of the six moon bears have now been relocated to a breeding facility in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung. The retrieval of the bears took a team of 400 members, including police, soldiers and wildlife authorities to be carried out safely. Authorities were also alerted to three of the temple’s tigers going missing. An investigation will commence against the temple, but authorities are asking the temple for their cooperation at this time. A full inspection of the tigers, which have been microchipped, is being suggested by authorities to verify that all tigers are still residing in the temple. -- 2015-04-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So just remove a bunch of illegally held bears? Who was arrested for imprisoning them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I am intrigued to know where this breeding facility is in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Maslow Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wrong photo was posted. Error was fixed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Maslow Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 So just remove a bunch of illegally held bears? Who was arrested for imprisoning them? The bears are a protected species. Additionally, the police were prevented from removing the bears. However, the focus was to remove the bears to somewhere better suited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiolo Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Smarter than the average bear . YOGI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So Monks and the temple have more power than the police and the Wildlife protection dept.the Buddha must be spinning in Nirvana at the way that Thai Buddhism is been run,along the lines of Disneyland, where money and power rule. relax Countryman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Would it be too hard to actually arrest people & walk in the front door ! This country is 99% useless, only thing that managed with some competence is 7/11 shops . That tiger temple has been a scam on tourist dollar & illegal animal trading for years, thais just can't wipe their own arse ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidieunimaitre Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So Monks and the temple have more power than the police and the Wildlife protection dept.the Buddha must be spinning in Nirvana at the way that Thai Buddhism is been run,along the lines of Disneyland, where money and power rule. relax Countryman May I suggest that from now on we replace the expression "Thai Buddhism" by "Disneyland Buddhism"? Not far from where I live, the Disneylanders have a "golden rock" that provides lucky numbers (bring a mirror to see them, as they are hidden under the rock) and - I DON"T MAKE THIS UP - Buddha's footprints!!! Recently 2 different sets of monks were fighting over the entrance fees for it. Access roads were blocked with soil, and at 5:30 am the local wat would tell us all about the fight (they are 4 km away, but they have a powerful PA system, just like the original Buddha...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So just remove a bunch of illegally held bears? Who was arrested for imprisoning them? The bears are a protected species. Additionally, the police were prevented from removing the bears. However, the focus was to remove the bears to somewhere better suited. yes that focus is complete wrong. These bears aren't important. Important would be that it won't happen again in future. If the worst that could happen is that they take away the protected animals than it is an invitation to try it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taony Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So just remove a bunch of illegally held bears? Who was arrested for imprisoning them? The bears are a protected species. Additionally, the police were prevented from removing the bears. However, the focus was to remove the bears to somewhere better suited. Yes, you just summarized the problem. Solution: arrest these monks! Police were prevented from doing their job? are you serious? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Are the powers that be in awe of/or do they have too much misplaced respect for the monks, or are they worried about alienating the populace, to take firm action? It seems ironical if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse10 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I have been to the Tiger Temple and also the Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, and the Tigers drugged? They are at the Tiger Temple, I don't think so at the Tiger Kingdom. And almost everyone commenting here seems to think that it is for the tourist dollar, ofcourse it is. Just like everything else in Thailand. It's all about money. So what if the Monks had a few bears there. All the tigers I have seen in Thailand have been well taken care of, including the ones I've seen in both the places I been as mentioned above. I think Thailand tourest will be the next endangered species, because tourest are finding better places to go. Just saying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviss Geez Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Jacob "on-the-ball" Maslow strikes again with bang up to date news. At least the photo helps us understand what the back of a monk holding a young tiger looks like which is a bit of an improvement on the original photo of a monastery in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I have been to the Tiger Temple and also the Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, and the Tigers drugged? They are at the Tiger Temple, I don't think so at the Tiger Kingdom. And almost everyone commenting here seems to think that it is for the tourist dollar, ofcourse it is. Just like everything else in Thailand. It's all about money. So what if the Monks had a few bears there. All the tigers I have seen in Thailand have been well taken care of, including the ones I've seen in both the places I been as mentioned above. I think Thailand tourest will be the next endangered species, because tourest are finding better places to go. Just saying. So what if the Monks had a few bears there. Please have a look a this poor bear rescued from a temple, and repeat your "So what if......." comment!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ideally our big leader should of used article 44 to arrest behead these law breaking monks live on tv. Buddhism here is nothing but a mafia for crime on the whole, too much greed here & love of the $ for true Buddhist principle to exist ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The picture of the sick animal is a lie and distortion that has nothing to do with the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Jacob "on-the-ball" Maslow strikes again with bang up to date news. At least the photo helps us understand what the back of a monk holding a young tiger looks like which is a bit of an improvement on the original photo of a monastery in another country. Jacob have you met Lite Beer, he works for the TV news team http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/814619-standoff-at-tiger-temple-ends-with-bears-removed-to-new-house-in-chonburi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The picture of the sick animal is a lie and distortion that has nothing to do with the story. Correct. But it has a lot to do with the keeping of these lovely animals in a cage for human entertainment. Zoos were a novelty a hundred years ago when people had never seen such animals. Now they are an anachronism when people have access to videos and travel. Today, those great animal lovers, the Chinese, breed them for medical parts. The tigers at the Kanchanaburi temple were heavily sedated and a mere money maker for the temple and monks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Edited by Boycie, wrong information posted Edited April 7, 2015 by Boycie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesjohnsonthird Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) The biggest gangsters in the country use temples and monks to cover up their crimes and launder money. The monk at my wife's temple was running big insider stock market trades with some very high level army generals. The stock market official that attended this temple took 25% in exchange for insider info. You should have seen the super car collection this monk had. He ended up in Hong Kong with hundreds of millions of stolen baht. My wife's friend is out 20 million. The monk did give her a nice Mercedes sport convertible though. Edited April 7, 2015 by jamesjohnsonthird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcffee Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 So just remove a bunch of illegally held bears? Who was arrested for imprisoning them? The bears are a protected species. Additionally, the police were prevented from removing the bears. However, the focus was to remove the bears to somewhere better suited. Elephants are also protected animals, yet in Thailand they are still being tortured to break their will and make them obedient for abuse with tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughben Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) So three tigers have gone already. How many will vanish before the authorities are supposed to take them? Utterly ridiculous. It is almost like giving back a drug dealer his stash to mind. Edited April 7, 2015 by hughben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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