The Tiger Temple

Near Nam Tok is the "Tiger Temple". In 1999 a lame tiger cub was brought to the Buddhist monetary here where they took him under their care. Since then they've taken many more tigers in and it's turned into a bit of a tourist attraction. I guess the bit of controversy is over the fact that the tigers are chained up on display for the tourists. They all seemed very calm when I went to visit - we were able to pat them and tickle them. Pretty cool really. I later found out that a tourist was mauled by one of the tigers a couple of years ago. Glad I found this out afterwards.

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