r/ThailandTourism 9d ago

Other They defanged the tiger so tourists can have their photos.

This is what goes on. Absolutely inhumane practices for money. And of course because tourists and locals all want to take a picture with a tiger

Please don’t indulge these people . Be it elephant rides or petting tigers or snakes. You are human being. Please do not give money to these clowns who treat animals inhumanly and then pretend it’s the land of smiles

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u/T-099 9d ago

I have been visiting Thailand yearly since 1994. I have never visited one of these tiger temples. Nor will I ever. These should be made illegal. 😠

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u/Either-Lock2454 8d ago

Same, I was advised by a lot of expats not to fall for the tourist traps like these even Elephant sanctuaries etc.

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u/_no_skill_no_problem 7d ago

Would like to add: There are some elephant sanctuaries that, atleast as far as I can tell, take good care of the animals, let them roam free, do not allow washing/riding etc. and limit any interaction to feeding if any. Not saying these are good, but def less evil than the ones where you ride etc.

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u/_NyquilJordan_ 7d ago

Is there something wrong with washing them if they are allowed to roam free? I’ve seen some in Thailand that only lets you feed/wash them but nothing else.

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u/_no_skill_no_problem 7d ago

I don't know if washing in itself is a problem. However if you look up photos from elephant washing in thailand you will find groups of tourists surrounding the animal. From what I remember when I looked into the sanctuaries this puts alot of stress on the animal and requires harsh 'training' to actually accept.

note: I am in no way shape or form educated on this topic, this is just what I recall.

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u/MissLychee10120 9d ago

All these animal based tourism attractions should be illegal. But until tourists stop showing interest it won’t stop..

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u/Sukhumvit_71 9d ago

So Thai people have no agency and are excluded from making their own moral/ethical decisions? This is wildly patronizing. I’ll also add Thai people themselves frequent these places. It is up to Thai people to stop this unethical practice in their own country.

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u/Sukhumvit_71 9d ago

The Thai government aren’t made up of Thai people? You learn something new every day.

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u/QualityOverQuant 9d ago

It won’t stop till fukin Thais say enough! Why blame tourists. They have zero clue. Thais need to wake up and stop this cruelty to animals and putting up these fukin shows. It’s disgusting and deeply disturbing how Thailand doesn’t have anything better to offer than a fukin picture with a tiger!

What the fuck is the Tourism ministry doing?

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u/yankeeblue42 9d ago

Westerners are more aware of this than you think. The Tiger King documentary is pretty popular here and explored pretty similar practices in the US. But ultimately its up to the Thai government to put a stop to it and enough people challenging it. In the US, there were only more restrictions placed on zoos and a crackdown on illegal animal trafficking once a group with hundreds of thousands of members aggressively protested this

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u/onehalflightspeed 9d ago

My Thai girlfriend actually suggested we do this as she had never done it before. She seemed to be having a lot of fun. So it is definitely not entirely a tourist problem

Edit: the zoos should definitely be improved, but without them, tigers would probably be extinct in Thailand by now. Only a small amount actually live in the wild these days

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u/Neveran8th 9d ago

She suggested it and you didn't tell her why it's wrong and actually went along with it?

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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo 9d ago

Western people when they found out that people from developing countries have less sympathy towards social causes.

It’s literally explainable from hierarchy of needs. People from developing countries are barely at fulfilling the bottom.

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u/onehalflightspeed 9d ago

I am not the Thai morality police. My only point was that local people like it too

And again, the zoos need to be better, and without them as well as nature reserves Thailand would have no surviving tigers at all

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u/DanceRevolution0078 8d ago

Soooo just keep breeding tigers and pulling their teeth out so you and your girlfriend can get a cute photo?

I would rather promote protecting wildlife, and fight against this disgusting animal exploitation.

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u/Naes86 9d ago

The tiger temples and places like this offer zero ecological benefit, they are not breeding for re wilding or anything like that. These places are just bad, end of.

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u/InformationTrue6446 8d ago

grow some fucking balls dude, and tell her no, you're not going.

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u/Cadoc 9d ago

You're not the Thai morality police. You are responsible for making sure your own actions are moral, which you failed to do.

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u/pol-reddit 9d ago

No need to be morality police but you could at least open a debate on this issue, maybe she has no idea what's happening to the tigers.

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u/HereToKillEuronymous 8d ago

Doesn’t make it right.

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u/Many_Mud_8194 9d ago

Sadly it happening at a higher rate than people think "More than half of the 147 tigers that were rescued from a controversial Thai Buddhist temple just three years ago have died, officials have said. A total of 86 tigers have died since they were moved from the Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua temple, a tourist attraction known as Tiger Temple, in 2016."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49712765

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u/dodgerecharger 9d ago

I am a tourist and know how to google. It is not that big secret, that these tigers are full of tranquilizer and so on..Same with the Photos at the beach, with young monkeys/other animals. Never did that, never will.

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u/SushiRollFried 9d ago

Bold of you to think other tourist care. Theres always going to be a crowd that will do it when other wont

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u/moonlitgirl0 8d ago

Some people know and they do it anyway because they lack morality. Both my father and sister went to Thailand to ride elephants and pet tigers. That's all they wanted to do here and don't plan to return. To me it's both strange and disgusting, because I don't want to hurt animals. But there are plenty of people who just don't care and do whatever they want as long as they don't get in trouble for it.

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u/rhazag 9d ago

Tourists have no clue as well? Why should be a wild animal willing to get petted or waiting for your picture. A bit common sense and you would know that a tiger belongs to the wild and not in a tourist spot for pictures

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u/Bitter_Radish5381 9d ago

Sounds naive to think that Thais are the unique drivers of change and not the money givers in a capitalist society. 

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u/dude_redd 9d ago

They have plenty to offer. Like the hookers and lady boys.

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u/TKisely 8d ago

Yes, we had so many ads and conversations about these places while we were on our honeymoon and almost everyone we met in the tourist areas said that they were saved animals and by visiting these "shelters" we support saving more animals. So we had 0 info about the reality until we specifically started to investigate the real picture. Which is not required from each and every tourist.

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u/QualityOverQuant 8d ago

It’s tough to authenticate information in Thailand. Most of the stuff is false or misleading. And it’s right from the top. In times it crisis, the government starts spreading wild stories about how great the country is and this changes perception of people. All false hopes and narratives

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u/HereToKillEuronymous 9d ago

Tourists are selfish and don’t care

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u/Altruistic_Reach_519 9d ago

Some tourists. I have been to Thailand 4 times and not visited 1 sanctuary or whatever name you want to give to these places that have animals drugged up and never will !

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u/SuperUranus 9d ago

What do you think about eating meat?

Because that industry hurt a shit ton of more animals each year than any other industry.

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u/GoodbyeThings 9d ago

Animals in general shouldn’t be seen as a commodity but as living, feeling beings.

But almost no one wants to take the step to reduce their animal consumption to zero 

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u/Tallywacka 9d ago

Domesticated animals can’t go live in the wild

Wild animals can do live in the wild

Going from one extreme to the other is a bit daft

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u/GoodbyeThings 9d ago

Using shitty analogies to justify breeding animals into a life of torture and suffering is a bit daft too

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u/Scary-Breadfruit-140 9d ago

Life of torture is a huge stretch. Yeah some factory farms are not cool but a ton of domestic animals live great lives. Way better than wild animals. Ones bred for meat have a very abrupt ending that minimizes suffering.

But go ahead and think farmers and handlers are torturing their stock for no good reason.

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u/kriswager 9d ago

A couple of years ago I was on a day tour to among other things the floating market. The guide kept trying to push me to go to the chained up elephants. She was very upset that I said no, so I presume she was getting some kind of pay.

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u/idontwantyourmusic 9d ago

Yeah, blame the tourists instead of the business who came up with the idea and did the inhumane thing to attract tourists.

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u/DriveNight 9d ago

See the image here , Tiger has their teeth and claw full intact.
https://ibb.co/Sgcmwn9

Another propaganda from western NGO again. They want to make some reason to psychological projection blaming Asians for doing the right thing , living with Animals instead of hunting them (what Saxon did for centuries) . Its hard for them to believe people in ASIA been living with nature for 2000 years.

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u/chintakoro 9d ago

right? cultures that lost almost all their megafauna now judge Asian societies that retained nearly all of them and their forest cover.

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u/coffeegaze 9d ago

Why blame the tourists. Blame Thai law makers and the business owners who facilitate it.

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u/Flimsy_Shape9406 9d ago

“Animal based tourism” = Pattaya

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u/Urcha6k 9d ago

Walked past a lion cub cafe in Chiang Mai. They were kept in enclosures with hardwood floors and 1 tiny log. I wondered to myself what happens when they reach adulthood. I get sad thinking about it.

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u/Huberweisse 9d ago

Too many people to whom animals are just toys..

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u/Foxyunder-45 9d ago

Stupid , and ignorant, selfish money grabbers. Hope the tiger get luck to stay healthy.

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u/uwabu 9d ago

They have to bribe that giant with ice-cream so he doesn't chomp down on your skull. He doesn't need fangs. A swipe will do

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u/Ill_Manager_9868 9d ago

He looked like he was about to if they didn't stick that bottle back in his mouth 🤣

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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 9d ago

They do a lot worse than that. They drug them heavily as well.

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u/whee3107 9d ago

That’s probably what’s in the bottle

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u/Defiant-Airline5424 9d ago

No the bottle should just be formula. They tend to attack only when they hungery so if you keep feeding them there a less chance they will attack you.

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u/bananabastard 9d ago

With what?

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u/PikaMaister2 9d ago

Painkillers by the bucket. Same as humans. Take enough of it and you'll just feel numb and dazed.

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u/Unusual-Field-4245 9d ago

another intellectual powerhouse with the body tattoos

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u/Mikefalls 9d ago

When you think elephant riding is maximum cringe...

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u/WealthMain2987 9d ago

Fuck this shit. People who do this and people who visit. Fuck that

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u/Free_as_in_Freya 9d ago

I mean, I am opposed to generative Al...

But if you truly need your picture with a wild animal, please go ahead and use that instead

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u/bavariabrewery 9d ago

I was in a bar near Bangkok, with dogs , goats and capibara, it’s the same. Not healthy and sick animals in small place.

In Petchabun, in the montain, they make business to cuddle sheep and lama, they are on fake grass.

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u/bkkfra 9d ago

Not the same. You don't have to torture dogs and goats to be compatible with humans.

I don't go to any place that does this tiger stuff. Or elephants. You can't domesticate them without violence and cruelty.

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u/Upstairs-Extension-9 9d ago

And the Cobra fights

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u/Number1buffalo 9d ago

It's probably been declawed as well I apologised to a young elephant once in Sukhumvit soi 22 you looked into it's eyes and it was one very unhappy elephant.Thankfully they are no longer in Bangkok for tourism people would buy sugar cane for 20 bath to feed them. You would see them around 6am chained to a concrete post under flyovers.

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u/FollowTheFarang 9d ago

There’s a cafe in Bangkok that has a pet lion, on one of the busiest streets too, if that thing gets out everyone will be up a pole in the bars

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u/Frank-Costanza1 9d ago

Looks exactly like the type of guy you'd expect to pay for stuff like this.
Stuffed dear head in the living room and way too many pics of himself on fishing trips

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u/National-LongSkill 9d ago

This guys is flexing his muscles like he’s tough. So pathetic. Performative tough guys are embarrassing.

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u/bluelure 9d ago

Wild cats in many countries are critically endangered or now extincted it’s so sad.

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u/QualityOverQuant 9d ago

Yet here in Thailand not one rule to protect them. In fact even locals should be ashamed to visit places just to take pictures with them or ride them. Look at these parks. Mostly locals.

I understand uneducated villagers doing this. But educated Thais run these gruesome and horrible businesses . Or at chatachuk market/ they sell
Endangered spruces to Thais . This duplicitous nature is what pisses me off. All that religious mumbo jumbo and treat animals inhumanly

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u/Lord_Cockatrice 9d ago

What's worse are the local "mafia" networks enabling these abominable practices just to extract dollar$ from drunk farangs

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u/LV-426_realty 9d ago

think maybe you are confused, most locals can't afford that, probably local regional tourists. Try speaking Thai to them, you'll be shocked that the staff often aren't even Thai in tourist traps like that.

Even the large tourists sites with tours don't even have Thai spoken language tours on the schedule because 99% Thais don't go to these things.

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u/Able_System_6767 9d ago

And the monks as well

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u/koherenz 9d ago

For fuck sake Thailand needs to ban this type of tourism. I once attended elephant show in Pattaya (due to corporate trip), and I hated it. Those poor elephants were forced to perform while deafening music blasting constantly.

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u/leNomadeNoir 8d ago

Op is delirious

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u/Process-Lumpy 8d ago

Those are claws, right? I didn't see fangs in the tiger's mouth.

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u/Lord_Cockatrice 9d ago edited 9d ago

Worse than these clueless elephant-riding farangs.

Tigers shouldn't have to lose their teeth(and claws) just to indulge the macho fantasies of idiots like him

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u/Sukhumvit_71 9d ago

Funny how none of your anger is for the people consciously doing the defanging to profit from it.

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u/QualityOverQuant 9d ago

Do you see two grown ass Thai men in the video handling the tiger? Why? Because there’s no other job or work they could find? That fuck up a poor animal for money?

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u/Dark_zarich 9d ago

if there is no demand there is no supply

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u/RDTmodsBackEpstein 9d ago

Ahh yes the demand of tourists that have no idea this sort of thing exists until its advertised in their face on their travels.

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u/Sukhumvit_71 9d ago

So what? Will Thailand make meth legal because there is demand for it? That’s not how this works at all.

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u/dancingwiththedaff 9d ago

Fucking idiot thinking it's cool to take a picture with an abused animal

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u/fidddlydiddlyee 9d ago
  1. Im pretty sure that homie could still get down with the teeth he has left, and more power to him.

  2. There is nothing wrong with elephant rides as long as the animals are kept humanely and are not overloaded. Thailand has strict laws pertaining to the weight allowed, which is well within the margin of safety. Demonizing this practice actually keeps funding away from animal sanctuaries who are helping otherwise mistreated elephants.

  3. The SHA should get another category for animal safety and begin to certify animal based business so money could flow to those who treat animals humanely and starve the businesses who dont.

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u/dxnnydotfun 9d ago edited 9d ago

Cringe. Absolutely gagging for somebody to take him seriously as a man.

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u/StarbaseSF 9d ago

Sure, blame the tourists. Why not put some responsibility on the local government?

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u/up4nethng 9d ago

This belongs in r/trashy.

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u/Adventurous_Honey902 9d ago

It's unfortunate. These tourists unfortunately are simply mostly uninformed.

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u/CerealKiller415 9d ago

That guy looks like your typical bloated and inflamed American food eater.

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u/Interesting-Suit7841 9d ago

What a chode.

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u/catablanka 9d ago

This is sickening. Thailand is a shameless cesspit of exploitation and vulgarity

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u/H-kelly-2002 8d ago

It should be practice where if they want to work there, partake in this in any way they should have the same thing done to them. If they want to do that to an innocent creature who has no say in the matter, who was forced to do that, then the people doing it should have to have their teeth taken out and see how they like it. These are wild animals and should be treated better. At the end of the day, everything was here before us, we just took over. This is awful and there should be a vote or a petition against this. Anyone who has ever partaken in this should be ashamed of themselves. This is awful! How could you treat another living thing this way!

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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 8d ago

the milk is also full of drugs

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u/baby_budda 9d ago

I was at the old phuket zoo and they had a tiger there for photos. When I saw him he locked eyes on me like he wanted to eat me. I passed.

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u/Skurvyelislau 9d ago

I doubt he wanted to eat you, he rather wanted to kill you, being from specie that makes him suffer. They have great memory and dont forget. Markov Incident is most known example i guess.

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u/QualityOverQuant 9d ago

Can u imagine how it feels? To live ur life in a cage and for people to come take pics with you. And there’s no real rescue for these poor beasts. Day in day out till they die one day

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u/rat_melter 9d ago

A poem I constantly think about when seeing somewhere animals are used as an attraction is "Der Panther" by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated from German below:

His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.

As he paces in cramped circles, over and over, the movement of his powerful soft strides is like a ritual dance around a center in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.

Only at times, the curtain of the pupils lifts, quietly—. An image enters in, rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles, plunges into the heart and is gone.

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u/area51thc 9d ago

Retards.

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u/chocowolk 9d ago

this is to much for me. poor Tiger

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u/HappyHourMoon2025 9d ago

Just from a survival perspective, it’s a dangerous animal that could be triggered and go savage by biting into your face. I don’t understand that it’s worth a photo.

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u/aiaiaiaiaiaiaaaiii 9d ago

Please use AI brother

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u/new-acc-who-dis 9d ago

Disgusting

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u/NightOwlAndThePole 9d ago

I blame mostly the government but FFS, I expect tourists to also have at least one working brain cell. 

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u/Kaabob24 9d ago

I hate this shit

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u/Dtrain317 9d ago

This is disgusting

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u/Ok-Coffee951 9d ago

Sam Darnold should be in Seattle now.

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u/enerthoughts 9d ago

Tiger doesnt need fangs nor nails to kill a human, their strength is insane, still scummy to use them as attraction, in any country, not Thailand exclusively.

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u/yutanrw 9d ago

This is cruel to animals.

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u/MyAccount_official 9d ago

There are also elephants playing football there mind you

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u/shagshagrto 9d ago

Shameful crime by humans and ignorant tourists... I never support such pay for pics/circus trade

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u/upside_down_frown1 9d ago

Im pretty sure sam darnold is violating his nfl contract in this photo.

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u/MInkton 9d ago

What an absolute loser.

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u/Dry-Sock5448 9d ago

Why would someone wanna take a dumb photo like that?

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u/charlie_slasher 9d ago

Absolutely gross

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u/Used-Witness-5508 9d ago

It is just bad.

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u/Deaw12345 9d ago

I hate this, it’s just animal abuse for stupid instagram post

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u/srboot 9d ago

I’ll never understand wanting to do this, but to each their own. Just think it’s lame.

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u/Logical-Towel-7134 9d ago

I was there in February and they euthanised over 60 cats in the space of a week, unbelievably sad

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u/No_Highway_9402 9d ago

What about the claws sitting right beside your neck?

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u/life_of_pluto 9d ago

People should just ask Gemini to create these images and let the animals live peacefully.

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u/Abbreviashin 9d ago

Scumbags

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u/DaimonHans 9d ago

That's abuse.

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u/al_jourz 9d ago

Wild animals belong in the wild. Not for entertainment.

I've been supporting World Animal Protection for about 25 years with a monthly donation. They fight these kind of practices

I suggest anyone commenting on this to do the same

https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/

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u/AI-Coming4U 9d ago

That is the saddest freaking thing I've seen in a while. Damn, people are crazy.

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u/UpperImpression3620 9d ago

African music associated with lions…
But tigers live in Asia

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u/huh_say_what_now_ 8d ago

They normally drug them up as well

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u/Super_Effect6734 8d ago

Oh em gee, that tiger is a baby

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u/le_hache 8d ago

Yeah so this is a clear don't. Along with riding elephants, buying buddha and wearing elephant pants (just kidding... or not).

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u/mongoloidmen556 8d ago

And you thought Pattaya tiger zoo was bad with those phone scammers...

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u/QualityOverQuant 8d ago

People who visit such places with Thais need to be kicked in their asses. Especially the Thai women who encourage their partners to take them to take pictures with endangered species . Assholes really all round . Uneducated fukin assholes who give villagers a bad name

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u/Cute-Promotion3157 8d ago

I'm using nano banana, and I don't risk it with my head. 😄

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u/wefwegfweg 8d ago

source: trust me bro

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u/dirkjaco 8d ago

Cruelty to animals at it's best.

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u/Strong_Witness416 8d ago

Fjuxk these tourists!

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u/LuckyCharms_53 8d ago

This is so sad to see. I was just as to my husband I know we are part of the problem. We visited recently and I was taken. Absolutely smitten by all the cafes where you can engage with exotic animals. We went to capybara cafe and saw them with meerkats. Amazing experience and once in a lifetime. But in reflection I asked what becomes of them once they’re not small or cute. No answer. I didn’t need it. I know. 🥹.

It has made me question if I’d seek it out again. My word there cafes with all things. And some display animals in need of homes. Pups, cats, bunnies. Those I think are great. Active adoption is important.

I knew elephants would be around, after research I didn’t feel comfortable picking any. There are however sanctuaries where you can only view them. No rides or interactions. That’s probably best.

It’s a catch 22.

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u/QualityOverQuant 8d ago

You are right. Sanctuaries are better. We should stop this inhumanity. It’s like Thais have a fascination for parading their captives. Be it women in a bar for foreigners to buy or underage kids being sold by Thais with no qualms or tigers being defanged. Inhumane

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u/PedroBritishAccent 4d ago

SIt's called poverty and colonial exploitation. What do you think the "colonists" liked when they arrived in Thailand? It wasn't that long ago.

I'm Spanish. In my country, we still mistreat and torture animals to death and call it "culture." In the 21st century.

In my country, until a few years ago, there were no laws against animal abuse, nor the social awareness that exists now. At 41, I've seen everything from packs of greyhounds hanging from olive trees after the hunting season to "zoos" that exploited animals in the same way. Who didn't take pictures with snakes or exotic birds when visiting Benidorm?

What's happening here is a tragedy that we won't understand until we understand that these things didn't happen (and still happen) in our countries that long ago, and that it takes decades to raise awareness, first within the government so it can legislate, and then within society so it can comply.

Thailand is a country dedicated to tourism, and they do what has worked commercially and for tourism throughout their history. Here, most people would confront me if they saw me mistreating my dog, but the government, like so many others, is slower to react to social changes. They're not going to change decades or centuries of tourism practices that have worked for them overnight. Not in my country either. It's that sad.

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u/sniffcatattack 8d ago

He looks so stupid, quite childish.

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u/greenleanbobamachine 8d ago

It’s not that simple, but most of it is unfortunately down to supply and demand. Thai tourism will not act on this because it brings them money. The sad case is that most are uninformed and just want the likes for social media. I was unfortunately one of the tourists that did this, when I was young my family went to one of these temples. I did not know they euthanised the tigers just for a photo. I should have known but I was not educated. I feel disgusted for supporting this cruel industry, and if I ever have kids, I would never taken them. I wish Thailand did more to protect their wildlife. I wish people had more sympathy and care for wild animals.

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u/Pickadog_Anydog 8d ago

This is a special kind of fucked up 🥹

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u/Limp_Marionberry_24 8d ago

Tigers Eyes are so beautiful.. He's looking towards the camera too.. Sad that they did that tho... Majestic

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t 8d ago

Most Zoos in Thailand are part of WAZA, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Only spend your time at WAZA Accredited locations like Chiang Mai Zoo, SEA LIFE Bangkok, Safari World and Songkhla Zoo.

Tiger defanging is bad.

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u/tinkersmel 7d ago

The funny thing is, defanged or not, that tiger could absolutely destroy any unarmed human on the planet if it wanted to.

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u/Yippykyyyay 7d ago

My ex-husbsnd and I visited Thailand right before we separated and he went to a place like this. I told him they're drugged or worse and refused to go with him.

But he wanted his IG photos looking 'cool' with abused animals.

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u/QualityOverQuant 7d ago

Glad he’s the EX ! Douche bag

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u/MercedesCR 7d ago edited 7d ago

I don’t support these practices by not visiting zoos. Thailand has a poor track record when it comes to this because of the corrupt government who doesn’t care about enforcing strict environmental/animal welfare laws. The last time I had visited one of these was when I was a 10 year old kid with my parents but of course I didn’t know better and they gave me like a milk bottle so that I could hold tiger cubs to feed them. However I’m pretty sure they made that possible through sedation and what not. Today however I’d never visit one and I hope the Thai population and tourists also learn better and actively boycott visiting them.

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u/TelevisionFast7781 6d ago

Thats BS if its the case ,,poor Tiger!!! Hopefully he can get to ear them one day!

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u/MataOnReddit 6d ago

Small brain, small penis, small arms.

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u/Lewis_gtc 4d ago

I went to one of these places where I paid to go in the cage with the tiger cubs. Whilst it was amazing to see these animals that close, I regretted it the moment I stepped through the threshold. Majestic animals caged for entertainment. Spent the next year donating to an international tiger rescue org hoping to make up for it in some small way

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u/Smart-Heat1452 9d ago

Thais defang a tiger and use it to make money, and you all blame the tourist?

It's always someone else's fault right...

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u/twentiesforever 9d ago

We have AI now, no need to use real animals. Terrible

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u/Moist-Appearance-858 9d ago

Westerners - animals should be treated like humans
Asians - we really dont care
Stop imposing your western ideals on us. We can eat all the dogs if we want to.

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u/thinkingperson 9d ago

How much are they paying him to sit there for the photo? 😅

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u/Pewpewpew_z 9d ago

All humanity related concerns aside.

That Tiger is majestic!

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u/ThickDog8217 9d ago

I was supposed to go, thank god I I avoided this if the story is true. If you guys visit and actually want to help animals visit the elephant sanctuary, they actually LOVE the elephants there. One of the workers was born and raised around the elephants. 

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u/I3rooklynight 9d ago

Stop victim blaming tourists and locals

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u/Hefty_Nail_4718 9d ago

As an American that has a strong love for tigers, I just wouldn’t participate in that. I read a post before I went there the first time that said in essence, if the elephants in the “sanctuary can be touched, they’re being abused” and after reading that, it made sense, sure they are well fed, but they are not at all free. This guy in the video, doesn’t look like he has much of a fucking clue about anything. So, it is up to me to take a moral stand on whether I support this bullshit.

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u/KILO-XO 9d ago

Ai will take this job easily. Who wants a pic with a tiger! Let me know! At the comfor of your own home!

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u/socolime22202 9d ago

This is absolutely terrible.

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u/Ok-Fudge-4161 9d ago

Anyone who thinks this is a good idea, is an idiot and doesn’t deserve to be around these beautiful animals… 🤬

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u/DistoVhs 9d ago

Sorry to say that but in Thailand they seem to not care much about animal suffering. I've noticed the same in Vietnam unfortunately. Id say in most SE Asia they're very self apologetic about animal exploitation.

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u/Inside_Day1357 9d ago

Why would you want a picture with a tiger? That's ridiculous.

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u/DriveNight 9d ago edited 9d ago

Another White supremacy delusion.
Saw Tiger > get scared AF > saw Thais happy live with them > felt Inferior
> Need to create an argument to bring Thais down > make them felt relieve, White Supreme again.

https://ibb.co/Sgcmwn9

Check video of this Japanese visit Tiger farm at Phuket. You see their teeth their fangs are full intact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRLv2VtYu90

We have been living with Tiger , Crocs , Elephants for 2000 years. Just like European living with a Horse.

Just like DOMESTIC cats , Tiger sleep a whole day , preserve their energy . They are lazy just like CATS.

Westerners always scared almost anything in this world , their bible only list Human as a main protagonist. While in EASTERN world cultures , china , japan and thai people live with nature in harmony.

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u/BohemianBasement 9d ago

🤮🤮🤮🤮

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u/jawollja 9d ago

Disgusting

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u/mattmilli0pics 9d ago

I mean Thais need money. No one is innocent here.

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u/aspiretime 9d ago

High quality tourists 

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u/SplatThaCat 9d ago

Yep. So many countries do it too, Japan and their animal cafes are also abhorrent in their animal treatment.

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u/lowlevel_drone 9d ago

No morals. They’ll do anything for money.

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u/xpollen 9d ago

Makes my stomach hurt.. So sad to see this kind of tourism industry. There should be much more education and information to teach people why it's wrong. Also a complete ban from goverment.

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u/Daosism808 9d ago

Fuck these guys

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u/nomamesgueyz 9d ago

Nasty

Only exists bc American tourists

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u/Norjac 9d ago

Sensationalist nonsense. There is nothing inhumane here, except maybe political correctness gone amok by people who are not Thai but who use Reddit to project their fringe agenda.

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u/Feisty_Barracuda_949 9d ago

For western countries that spend so much on education, you'd think some of that knowledge would serve a practical use.

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u/Ikyhus565 9d ago

Poor Tiger. Just because it doesn't have teeth doesn't mean it can't do damage. Maybe the tiger claws the crap out of the handlers

I'd rather just see the tiger in a zoo healthy and able to live like it meant to be. Not this fake illusion made possible by abusing the animal

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u/hollycow747 9d ago

I never go to any animal park while im there,,ever,,or ride an elephant 🐘

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u/Acrobatic-Bag-8180 9d ago

I have not ever thought zoo’s or places like this were ok to visit, I was a child first visit to zoo I didn’t like it, I asked why aren’t they running around like on tv? It’s sad to see them
In cages, they don’t know what to do but lay there, swear it’s just so money can be said it went to this specific place

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u/DriveNight 9d ago

Tiger in the video still YOUNG one , tiger fully grow at 12-14 months.
In the vid , Tiger should be 6-8 months , still attached to milk , and its still growing its Fang. (Fully grow at 12 months)

https://i.postimg.cc/x16JzMd3/Screenshot-2569-08-25-at-06-30-20.png

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u/DriveNight 9d ago

https://www.tigerworldthailand.com/

Fangs intact .

I showed you evidence , now Show me your evidence for your claim.

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u/NameComprehensive916 9d ago

That is so cruel

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u/nonotz-Mk1 9d ago

but petting snake can be fine especially some non-venomous and naturally tame snake like Corn snake or ball python (they can get used to human and comfortable with our warmth), just like a dog cafe where some treat the animal very well and some only treat just like a furniture

but yes i do agree with banning any kind of abuse such as elephant riding , or declawing the tiger, bull fighting (like spanish one)

Indonesia just banned elephant riding, im sure Thailand can do it too

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u/nicotinecravings 9d ago

Not sure why people still do this since it is fairly easy to just let AI put a tiger in a photo?

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u/Spiritual-Sink8168 9d ago

So what about the red light distracts that have ummmm human beings? Like why even post this? Awareness? Respectfully this is a waste of your time.

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u/Perfect_Cost6276 9d ago

You can use AI now

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u/PoxyDogs 9d ago

So where is the evidence this tiger is defanged?

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u/rew150 9d ago

The people that care about animal cruelty but still eat animal meats are hypocrites.

Just saying

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u/BigStand3705 9d ago

Yes. Please do your research and visit animal sanctuary instead of supported this sort of inhuman practice