Tiger temple to reopen 9 month after raid

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Tiger temple to reopen 9 month after raid

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Jars containing dead tiger babies found June 2 during a raid on the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province.

 

BANGKOK — Armed with a zoo permit and a brand new set of tigers, the people behind the infamous Tiger Temple plan to reopen for business in March.

 

Eight months after officials raided and shut down the temple, where they discovered a grotesque operation where tiger parts were harvested for magic amulets and energy drinks, a new zoo is set to open right nearby under a different name in March. Meanwhile a criminal case against those operating the temple on trafficking charges appears to be going nowhere.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2017/02/24/tiger-temple-reopen-9-months-raid/ 

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-02-24

[tukkytuktuk]

This is unbelievable.

A new set of Tigers?

Pull out everyone from the UFO temple and get over to this new tiger temple.

[MaxLee]

Come out, come out, wherever you are from the hiding,.... business as usual.......

[tracker1]

Knew it ! Money money money in the name of Buddhism and Valiam for sedated tigers to earn more money !

[DaveE13]

"Meanwhile a criminal case against those operating the temple on trafficking charges appears to be going nowhere"

 

A lot of people said this originally. Did anyone expect there would be prosecution in the Tiger Temple case?

[MaxLee]

11 minutes ago, DaveE13 said:

"Meanwhile a criminal case against those operating the temple on trafficking charges appears to be going nowhere"

 

A lot of people said this originally. Did anyone expect there would be prosecution in the Tiger Temple case?

The trafficking officials went into inactive posts until the case is completely forgotten.... Surprised?

[Misterwhisper]

Shame on Thailand's non-justice system and shame on Thai Buddhism!

 

But when money is to be made, nobody in this country is ever, ever, ever concerned about protecting that oh so precious national reputation and face.

[craigt3365]

There's a new tiger show here in Pattaya also.  Insane.

[clockman]

Thai style Buddhism, Money is the mantra!

[Sphere]

All kneel and pray to the great lord Phra Baht.

[dcnx]

4 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Shame on Thailand's non-justice system and shame on Thai Buddhism!

 

But when money is to be made, nobody in this country is ever, ever, ever concerned about protecting that oh so precious national reputation and face.

 

Money #1. 

 

If you never forget that, everything here makes sense.

[SpeakeasyThai]

38 minutes ago, dcnx said:

 

Money #1. 

 

If you never forget that, everything here makes sense.

And talking Thais and money i have observed the word 'refund' just does not exist.

[tukkytuktuk]

1 hour ago, craigt3365 said:

There's a new tiger show here in Pattaya also.  Insane.

 

[Bung]

They got a zoo permit?  I'm sure they met the criteria......

[Katia]

Isn't this not the first time they've been shut down and then allowed to reopen?  Seems I've read that it happened at least once before this time, if not more than once...

[wakeupplease]

4 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

There's a new tiger show here in Pattaya also.  Insane.

Not insane at all Thainess only

and also Pattaya

[ddavidovsky]

They should never have closed it down. It's just a petting zoo. They have petting zoos with sheep. This is with tigers. And it is high profile, therefore more accountable than the hundreds of other tiger menageries in Thailand which nobody ever hears about. Tigers are easy to breed. The zoo doesn't affect wild populations at all. There's no problem here. Just regulate the place.

[tukkytuktuk]

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/tigers-thailand/
Thailand’s wild tigers finally have some good news. Camera traps deployed in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary have revealed that its population of Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti) has increased from a low of about 35 to 90. According to a study published this month inConservation Biology, this is now the only tiger population in all of Southeast Asia that is actually growing.

[flyingdoc]

Mixed feelings on this one !  Some of the animals were actually well treated. More facts needed !

[Shawn0000]

1 hour ago, flyingdoc said:

Mixed feelings on this one !  Some of the animals were actually well treated. More facts needed !

None of them were well treated, that is just your outlook on what is acceptable treatment for a wild animal, no doubt born out of what is acceptable for a domesticated animal, they were all kept for tourism, none had any freedom, tigers in the wild roam huge areas, these were kept in small cages and paraded around on chains and most importantly constantly stressed by the presence of humans, although trained through beating not to react to their stress.  The simple fact is that they had jars full of dead baby tigers and a car full of trinkets made our of tiger parts, they took care of their breeding animals and killed and sold their offspring, how on earth do you have mixed feelings about this?

[Shawn0000]

17 hours ago, ddavidovsky said:

They should never have closed it down. It's just a petting zoo. They have petting zoos with sheep. This is with tigers. And it is high profile, therefore more accountable than the hundreds of other tiger menageries in Thailand which nobody ever hears about. Tigers are easy to breed. The zoo doesn't affect wild populations at all. There's no problem here. Just regulate the place.

 

Are you out of your mind or just completely ignorant?  It was not just a petting zoo, it was a "zoo" that was a front for the trade of tiger parts, they caught them fleeing with a car containing two skins and 700 other parts and they found jars full of baby tigers. Of the 60 dead cubs found on the site, 6 of them had no parent in the temple, that is evidence that they either killed and sold the parts of the parents or that they bought those babies from another place.  There is also DNA found in their tigers which is from outside Thailand, from Bengal and from Malayan tigers, therefor they must have been smuggled into Thailand and so they probably do effect wild tiger populations as they have most probably been poached.  Authorities believe that 150 of their tigers were bought from outside rather than bred from the 8 they began with.  If they did breed all those tigers then they are the most successful breeding program ever seen in the world, quite an achievement for them considering not one of them is even slightly qualified.  Plenty of illegal activity at the temple, and all relating to a critically endangered species, your comparison to a domesticated animal, the sheep, is just laughable ignorance. 

[craigt3365]

5 hours ago, flyingdoc said:

Mixed feelings on this one !  Some of the animals were actually well treated. More facts needed !

None are being treated well.  This is a proven fact. 

[craigt3365]

21 hours ago, ddavidovsky said:

They should never have closed it down. It's just a petting zoo. They have petting zoos with sheep. This is with tigers. And it is high profile, therefore more accountable than the hundreds of other tiger menageries in Thailand which nobody ever hears about. Tigers are easy to breed. The zoo doesn't affect wild populations at all. There's no problem here. Just regulate the place.

You obviously have not read much about this "sanctuary".  Please, do some research.  And yes, it has an impact on wild populations.

[smutcakes]

Seems like agreement on cash flow has been reached with the powers that be....

[Skeptic7]

The usual madness continues...

Idiocy

Lunacy

Hypocrisy

Fallacy

Repugnancy

Deficiency 

[Shawn0000]

This might be a difficult case for the authorities, they are not opening on the same site, with the same name, and most probably not registered by the same people, they are essentially a new business, and although it may seem obvious that they are the same entity, legally it may be difficult to prove that.

[craigt3365]

8 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

The usual madness continues...

Idiocy

Lunacy

Hypocrisy

Fallacy

Repugnancy

Deficiency 

It's called greed.  Backed by corruption.

[PatOngo]

On ‎24‎/‎02‎/‎2017 at 8:22 PM, ddavidovsky said:

They should never have closed it down. It's just a petting zoo. They have petting zoos with sheep. This is with tigers. And it is high profile, therefore more accountable than the hundreds of other tiger menageries in Thailand which nobody ever hears about. Tigers are easy to breed. The zoo doesn't affect wild populations at all. There's no problem here. Just regulate the place.

Of course there's no problem here, try petting these!

[Skeptic7]

19 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

The usual madness continues...

Idiocy

Lunacy

Hypocrisy

Fallacy

Repugnancy

Deficiency 

Oh yeah, forgot one...

 

Incompetency 

[Skeptic7]

10 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

It's called greed.  Backed by corruption.

Precisely...but those didn't fit in with my "cy" theme!