Thaivisa News Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 CREDIT: www.thairath.co.th/content/500710 Kanchanaburi:- The abbot of the Temple of Tigers or Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua in Kanchanaburi’s Saiyok district was badly injured when a tiger he was pulling along pawed his face and bit his right arm. Luang Ta Jan, the abbot, needed to receive an operation that took about four hours to cure his wounds and broken arm. Temple officials said the abbot was pulling along a male tiger, which is about seven or eight years, to walk with him at 1:30 pm when the tiger attacked him. The tiger pawed the abbot’s face, causing a big wound down from his forehead to his mouth. The tiger also bit the abbot’s right arm once and let it go. The tiger seemed to be frightened when the abbot pulled the rope around its neck. He was rushed to the district hospital before he was forwarded to the Thonkarn Hospital. Officials said the tiger, which is called Hern, is among 146 tigers seized by the National parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. The department let the temple take care of the tigers on a condition that the temple must not use the tigers to illegally reap benefit. The department checked the number of the tigers at the temple on April 24 and agreed to allow the temple to continue to care tigers. Earlier, the department planned to relocate all the tigers from the temple to its wild animal shelters in Ratchaburi but the temple protest and blocked the attempt. The temple claimed that all the tigers have been tamed and would not harm the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sorry for the Abbot, whom i wish to recover quickly, but, are they running out of tranquilizers.. ? Pardon my suspicion, but i never believed those big cats to be tamed by some kind of magic, more likely some diet of valium and the likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy B Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Karma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Hope the abbot was one of the guys preventing the removal of the tigers!! Karma is a bitch.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 hard to muster any sympathy for the abbott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Please give him a course of antibiotics. The cat, not the Abbot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy Joe Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Ironically, low humor, sarcasm for 3 baht ... If thailand with lovely girls helps for misogyny cure this forum made me definitely misanthropist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Ironically, low humor, sarcasm for 3 baht ... If thailand with lovely girls helps for misogyny cure this forum made me definitely misanthropist. Stay happy Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I sincerely hope that the tiger is OK. As for the abbot, I hope the tiger is more hungry next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sorry for the tiger for getting his paws dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Does his insurance policy have a clause covering ' amulet failing to work ' compensation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Ironically, low humor, sarcasm for 3 baht ...If thailand with lovely girls helps for misogyny cure this forum made me definitely misanthropist. Stay happy Joe. He sounds very happy! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Is the temple still charging entrance fees or pressuring visitors for donations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rametindallas Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) If someone had to be bitten, the one most responsible for keeping them there, was the right one. I wish him a speedy recovery but these animals were never meant to be kept as pets. Sadly now, this tiger, Hern, will have to be moved to a cage or put down because now that he has tasted raw blood, he is a danger to humans. They have always fed these cats cooked meat so as not to arouse them. Edited May 24, 2015 by rametindallas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Good for the tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaidam Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 such a run of recent feel good news stories. the Shin death rattle, the much worshipped dead koon monk, and now this. what a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Poetic justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nputman Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Fitting tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeOddejiGw Edited May 24, 2015 by nputman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Tigers do as tiger dose, being a tiger, is the abbot being an abbot? where did Buddha said that it's ok to keep wild animals for show, profit and pleasures... where??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunla Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Tigers are wild and predatory animals. They should be admired from afar, and respected as noble sentient beings, as they go about their tigery business in their natural habitat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Ooooooooooh....the irony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Temple tiger attacks abbot KANCHANABURI: -- A 7-year old Bengal tiger attacked the abbot of Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua or widely known as "Tiger Temple" in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi causing injuries on his face and arm. The incident happened at about 11.30 am Saturday while the abbot, Phra Visut-Saratera or Luang Ta Chan, took the male Bangal tiger named “Chao Hern” for a walk in the temple compound.The abbot was on the left side of the tiger.As he pulled the robe which was tied to Chao Hern’s neck, the beast turned on him, scratching his face and biting his right arm, according to Pol Col Supitpong Pakcharung, vice president of the Luang Ta Maha Bua Yana Sampanno Foundation.He said after biting the arm of the abbot, Chao Hern then released his arm and retreated as if it was playing with the abbot.Other monks seeing the incident then rushed the injured abbot to Tanakarn hospital for treatment.The abbot has scratches on his face and the bone on the right arm which was bitten was broken, he said.He said the tiger might be excited after the abbot pulled the robe instantly .It take doctor four hours to conduct surgery of the facial wounds from his forehead to lip.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/temple-tiger-attacks-abbot -- Thai PBS 2015-05-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 He said the tiger might be excited after the abbot pulled the robe instantly. Note to self, never pull on the robe instantly when leading a tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackanapes Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 abbot of tiger temple attacked by tiger stated previously the tigers were tamed and would not harm people but this one did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 If someone had to be bitten, the one most responsible for keeping them there, was the right one. I wish him a speedy recovery but these animals were never meant to be kept as pets. Sadly now, this tiger, Hern, will have to be moved to a cage or put down because now that he has tasted raw blood, he is a danger to humans. They have always fed these cats cooked meat so as not to arouse them. Unfortunately, many have been bitten over the years, at various places around Thailand. They've got a place in Chonburi where you can get a pic taken with a tiger. A local lady was mauled a few years ago there also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Is the temple still charging entrance fees or pressuring visitors for donations? Now they even have a new attraction: See they holy brother tame the wild animal.............. Take two................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 "He said after biting the arm of the abbot, Chao Hern then released his arm and retreated as if it was playing with the abbot." I'm surprised he didn't call it a "love bite". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Any news on the fate of the tiger? Must have been quite a sight seeing the old abbot pulling along a 300lb tiger. Here Kitty! Prayers and chanting and burning incense. He'll be right as rain in a month or two. Does his insurance policy have a clause covering ' amulet failing to work ' compensation ? Dont you mean 'claws' covering amulet failing to work? (I'll get my coat) Edited May 24, 2015 by sungod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Dye Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Towing a tiger not a smart move. No sympathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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