Buddhists Being Bad:Thailand's Tiger Temple

[Potoooooooo]

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...e-scandal-billion-dollar-trade-china-thailand

A week ago it cost 600 baht (£11.50) to visit the tiger temple in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok. Tourists moved by the spectacle of such splendid creatures living side by side with human beings could also pay the saffron-robed Buddhist monks an extra £15 to help feed the cubs, or to have their picture taken with an adult tiger’s head resting on their lap.

Along with nearly 250,000 people, Jay Z, Beyoncé and their daughter Blue Ivy posed with the animals last year, and marvelled that some of the world’s fiercest creatures could be so tame.

Now the doors of the temple have been closed and the animals removed, possibly for ever. After a decade of allegations by animal groups of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, 1,000 police, military and government officials descended on the temple to expose a shadowy trade in tiger parts that feeds an insatiable market in China and threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild.

 

[Ramaraksha]

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...e-scandal-billion-dollar-trade-china-thailand

A week ago it cost 600 baht (£11.50) to visit the tiger temple in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok. Tourists moved by the spectacle of such splendid creatures living side by side with human beings could also pay the saffron-robed Buddhist monks an extra £15 to help feed the cubs, or to have their picture taken with an adult tiger’s head resting on their lap.

Along with nearly 250,000 people, Jay Z, Beyoncé and their daughter Blue Ivy posed with the animals last year, and marvelled that some of the world’s fiercest creatures could be so tame.

Now the doors of the temple have been closed and the animals removed, possibly for ever. After a decade of allegations by animal groups of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, 1,000 police, military and government officials descended on the temple to expose a shadowy trade in tiger parts that feeds an insatiable market in China and threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild.

i think this is a good thing - Tigers belong in the wild - they are wild animals, not our pets. It is a miracle that no one was killed by these tigers - people are so stupid

On the other hand - millions of cows, chicken and pigs are brutalized in factory farms all over the world and yet somehow the concern for them seem muted - out of sight out of mind? It shows a serious lack of morals amongst just

 

[Potoooooooo]

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...e-scandal-billion-dollar-trade-china-thailand

A week ago it cost 600 baht (£11.50) to visit the tiger temple in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok. Tourists moved by the spectacle of such splendid creatures living side by side with human beings could also pay the saffron-robed Buddhist monks an extra £15 to help feed the cubs, or to have their picture taken with an adult tiger’s head resting on their lap.

Along with nearly 250,000 people, Jay Z, Beyoncé and their daughter Blue Ivy posed with the animals last year, and marvelled that some of the world’s fiercest creatures could be so tame.

Now the doors of the temple have been closed and the animals removed, possibly for ever. After a decade of allegations by animal groups of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, 1,000 police, military and government officials descended on the temple to expose a shadowy trade in tiger parts that feeds an insatiable market in China and threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild.

i think this is a good thing - Tigers belong in the wild - they are wild animals, not our pets. It is a miracle that no one was killed by these tigers - people are so stupid

On the other hand - millions of cows, chicken and pigs are brutalized in factory farms all over the world and yet somehow the concern for them seem muted - out of sight out of mind? It shows a serious lack of morals amongst just

I think the issue is more a matter of the tigers being an endangered species, and the extremely unsafe conditions and the fact that this monastery is not doing what they claim to do. Also, the fact that many Westerners have an idealized & unrealistic view of Buddhism. Just because someone is a Buddhist monk does not make them Gandalf or Yoda

 

[Ramaraksha]

i think this is a good thing - Tigers belong in the wild - they are wild animals, not our pets. It is a miracle that no one was killed by these tigers - people are so stupid

On the other hand - millions of cows, chicken and pigs are brutalized in factory farms all over the world and yet somehow the concern for them seem muted - out of sight out of mind? It shows a serious lack of morals amongst just

Totally agree with you - the horrible things that we do to poor animals like cows, chicken and pigs is sickening - get sick when westerners lecture to chinese for eating dogs and cats - as if cows, pigs and chicken don't feel pain at all

Maybe this explains racism - they are not as "pretty" - we still judge things by looks or how they make us feel