RE: Wanderlust Pocket #4 Tiger Kingdom 🐯
I am very sorry to hear that.... I am an animal lover and i cherish every life. I know that they are many cruelty happening and we want to prevent this the best we can. Please do not assume that this is happening everywhere. Yes it is sad that at the moment that many beautiful creatures are held captivity and dont have the freedom to live fully in the wild. As you might not know that Thailand is still very uneducated in this area and if we just let these animal lose they will likely be killed by villagers and locals anyways. We are still in the process to acknowledging the people and this is an option to keep these animals safe. As a third world country, we are slower at informing knowledge to the majority. You can not compare everything to the western world.
It is harsh to assume that the are just killed after, yes it has happend before but i am quite certain that not that this case. They are sent up to a big place of forest and adapt and continue living their lives. This post is not to upset or cause any problems with anyone's believes, i am sorry if it made you uncomfortable in anyways. I have the best intention with these incredible Tigers.
I know it is not your intent to hurt them, and this is the problem, these petting zoos use your good intentions for their profit. People simply do not want to believe that the place they visited could do this.
Think about it. These animals are never meant to come into contact with humans unless to eat us. Their babies are cared for by their mother, not kept awake all day by people playing with them. The babies want their mothers, not humans.
How long do these babies remain cute and pettable? 6 months to a year before they start to be come too big and potentially dangerous. Therefore they are "released" "somewhere." Notice that the information is very vague. That is a lot of tigers "released" into the "wild" every year.
Then there are mothers and the father that is kept captive in cages for their whole lives, just to produce babies for people to play with. Tigers are meant to run free in the forest, hunting.
Your good intentions are being used for someone's profit and ultimately the animal's abuse.
Please know, I believe your good intentions, but you have to look closer at this industry and discover that you and these animals are being used.
Simply do a search for "canned tiger hunting" and start reading. You will come to realise the horrible truth about this industry.
http://www.christinabush.com/cannedhunting.html
I did a search for "Tiger Kingdom canned hunging" and came up with this article.
EXPOSED! Thailand’s Tiger Kingdom Is No Sanctuary for Animals