Two injured baby tigers were brought to Wat Pha Luang temple in Thailand after their parents were killed by poachers in 1999. Since then, many orphaned baby tigers have been taken in and raised by the monks at the temple. The tigers are tame and used to eating only cooked meat to avoid developing a taste for blood. The temple serves as a sanctuary for animals and is open for tourists to visit and interact with the tigers, with employees monitoring the tigers' behavior.

1. Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua The temple of tigers In 1999 the inhabitants 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

5. The tigers are tame and used to eating only cooked meat in order to avoid developing a taste for blood They are treated like members of the temple family

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12. It is a communal place considered a sanctuary for animals and preservation centre

14. The temple is open to tourists

15. The employees keep the tigers under control and are ready to intervene if they become agitated.

16. The visitors are invited to leave a donation if they wish to be photographed with the tigers.

21. It is the only place in the world where it is possible to pat free tigers.

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