On Saturday the 24th we went to the Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai to "touch and play" with the tigers.What a great experience, as you might see from the images.
We chose to go in with the 7-odd month old cubs, 2 brothers and one sister (the one her back in the photos).
They are very well kept, all off-springs from captive tigers and, as there is no place in SE Asia safe enough for the release of these creatures, they will spend their lives in captivity. We spoke to a volunteer guardian from Britain and his wife about the conditions, which on the surface, seem very good. He has worked with many Big cats around the world (including lions in Zimbabwe!!) and the two of them assured us that no de-clawing, de-fanging or drugging of these animals occur - for, as he said, if they had done these things to the Cats, he would not have worked for them.
A great place and a great experience.
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