Is this a new facility? I thought Tiger Kingdom was in Chiang Mai? Also, there's no chance that these are pure Indo-Chinese tigers, right? I'm betting that they're all zoomix. It's horrible, but I want to do this. I've always wanted to touch a tiger in addition to seeing one in the wild.
Tiger Kingdom ( both Chiang Mai and Phuket ) not a sanctuary : EXPOSED! Thailand’s Tiger Kingdom Is No Sanctuary for Animals | One Green Planet
Were they ever trying to present themselves as a sanctuary? Because no legitimate sanctuary would allow guests to interact with tigers the way they were. Or at all. The video showed the guy smacking the one tiger on his leg and another, although I'm sure it was staged, had it looking like he was pulling on the cat's tail. The older cats looked half-drugged. There's a sanctuary in Southern California that allows you to feed the big cats, but it's done with a pole with you on one side of a fence and the animal on the other side. Places like Tiger Kingdom are only there for tourists and tourist money and certainly not to benefit the tigers. It's a shame places like that are allowed to operate.
yes, a sanctuary which is saving tigers from extinction. There's a lot of money in eco-tourism.... even when it is the opposite of what it claims. And most people don't ask more meaningful questions than "how cute is that tiger cub?!"
Thank you. Eco-Tourism is one thing...allowing people to climb all over tigers like that is totally different. But I would have to agree with you. Most people don't realize that just because a place calls themselves a sanctuary doesn't mean they actually are...or they don't care. All they care about is they get to "play with the tigers".
