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Missing tigers, religious freedom, animal cruelty, probably some dodgy finances, this one's a classic. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.This 'temple' has been in the news lately. I also wanted to get back to my hotel for a martini party. There was some museum we were to stop at, but I was exhausted and hot. On the way back to Bangkok, we stopped at a restaurant where my lunch was included and it was yummy. People look at my photos and think I must be out of my mind, but I love animals. So if you want to go to Tiger Temple, let me say it was one of the best excursions I ever took. All this was under the eye of his trainer. We had a water fight, I sat on him and he picked me up in his trunk. Next up we hit Elephant Village, where I had my own elephant who I fed bananas to, played with in the River Kwai which was surprisingly clean. I was invited back to do some activity in the afternoon, but had something else on my agenda. But I don't want to comment since I didn't see it. There is an area where they keep the older cats that the public isn't allowed, and I do imagine life isn't as great for them there. It was getting extremely hot and by then the cats probably looked drugged as they ran around all morning and was exhausted. In the valley the VIPs were put in a cage of sort and the cats were let loose to run around with the Tiger man in a pond. Then I walked with a volunteer on each side a 2 year old (enormous) to the valley. Didn't last too long, before he got up and walked away.

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lol In the exercise pens, five of us each had one of two volunteers, plus extra volunteers because the cubs were loose. walk when they walk, stop when they stop and OMG, mine wanted to climb a tree. Next up is you walk the 7 month olds to the exercise pen.

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The volunteers show you how to stand so you do not get hurt if they lunge and how to bottle feed them.

Early in the morning all the cats are quite a handful (that is why I know they aren't drugged). Tied up along the side are the older cubs (7 months when I was there in 2011).you can bottle feed them. They are very protective of the cubs and do not want you to pick them up, but play and pet them on the ground. While the monks are chanting (they'll chant long if there are school children there), you get to play with the baby tigers if part of the VIP tour. A hot buffet is provided, but I knew I wouldn't want to eat anything like that, so ate my muffin in the car that I brought with me. We then walk to the temple while the monks chant and you can have breakfast with the monks. The tour guide provided the food we are expected to give to the monks. Thre were only about 8 of us and of 8 only 5 who were brave enough to interact. When we arrived there were school children and others who were brought in for the VIP Tour. We made a stop at the Bridge over the River Kwai, then onto Tiger Temple.

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Private driver and private guide who spoke English and took over 100 photos of me interacting with the animals with my camera. Try and go on the early morning VIP tour. There were numerous foreign volunteers as well. Tiger Temple and Elephant village were two places that I saw lots of love for the animals. I have seen some horrible side road displays of tigers, camels, monkeys especially in India that are drugged. I would be the first to say if they drug the tigers, but happy to report they do not.