More Controversy for Tiger Temple
The monastery accuses Thailand’s wildlife department of bullying, and the temple faces possible closure.
This week Thailand’s famous Tiger Temple tourist attraction is more embattled than ever.
Adisorn Nuchdumrong, deputy director of Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, said his agency has now filed eight complaints with local police against the temple and its abbot. Charges include illegal possession of endangered wildlife and wildlife trafficking.
In addition, Adisorn said, if the temple is definitively linked to wildlife trafficking, the zoo license granted to the Tiger Temple Company Ltd. in April could be revoked. If the zoo keeps the license, the company could legally buy back some of the confiscated tigers.
Last week when wildlife department officers were seizing the monastery’s 137 tigers, they discovered 60 frozen and bottled tiger cub carcasses and
