Bigcats News

[Jeffrey]

TIGER TEMPLE/GOLDEN TIGER 

Is the Tiger Temple reopening? or is it all rumors?

Over the last year there has been two occasions where media has announced that the Tiger Temple will reopen. Firstly, Tiger Temple is not named that anymore, its Golden Tiger, and its not open yet. 
The first announcement of its reopening was in May 2017 with blazing headlines that the reopening was "imminent" . Tourist agencies in and around Kanchanaburi and other areas in Thailand were advertising ticket sales for the new venue. Nothing happened.
The second announcement was last month with statements saying it would open on the 1st March. That didnt happen either. Same sources for both articles, and both articles incorrect.

Here are some facts. 
At an event on World Wildlife Day, 4th March, in Thailand, DNP spoke very briefly and the points were that Golden Tiger (aka Tiger Temple) had the first zoo licence application knocked back because of land issues. Golden Tiger applied again on different area of land and the zoo licence was approved.
Rumors regarding tigers coming from another zoo called Malia- Sarika Zoo are false. DNP stated that Malia Sarika zoo has already been shut down and DNP has those tigers. At this time, Golden Tiger has no tigers and very importantly, none of the confiscated tigers that were at Tiger Temple will go to Golden Tiger.

Another point added was that, a number of the confiscated Tigers from Tiger Temple have died due to inbreeding causing very poor immune systems, plus a few died of a very virulent disease. It is known that when the tigers were confiscated from Tiger Temple there were diseased tigers present. In fact, days before confiscation, one tiger named Sangton died within the Tiger Temple, and just after confiscation another tiger named Liverpool died of the same causes.

Disease like this can be carried for months, sometimes years within the animal and then something will trigger it off.

We understand clearly that Golden Tiger is pushing to reopen again, however at this point it is not open.

We will continue to update.

Thanks Reply

Attached Files

Image(s)