1. The Temple of Tigers
In 1999 the inhabiatants of a little village in
the province of Kanchanaburi, Thailand,
found in the forest two injured baby tigers
whose parents
had been killed by poachers
Cliquez.
2. Not knowing what to do with them, they took them
to the Bhuddist temple Wat Pha Luang where they
were housed and cared for by the monks
The temple tigers wake to see the day
3. Since then, many orphaned baby tigers
have been taken there and raised by the monks
4.
5. The tigers are tame
and used to eating only
cooked meat in order
to avoid them
developing a taste for
blood
They are treated like
members of the temple
family