What is the Thailand Tiger Temple? The Thailand Tiger Temple is located in Thailand and was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and a sanctuary for wild animals including tigers. The tiger temple has Bengal tigers and hybrid breeds. They received its first tiger cub in 1999 and now they have 137 tigers as of 2016. Visitors are charged about $16 or more if they decide to pet or feed the tigers. 137 tigers from the tiger temple were seized and transferred to animal refuges. This reason being is because the monks who run the temple have been accused of animal abuse, drugging, trafficking into the illegal wildlife trade and the disappearance of three tigers. Former workers said the tigers were beaten. Not well fed, in need of veterinary care and …show more content…
Wildlife department officers seized 137 tigers and transferred them to animal refuges. The officers found 60 jars full of tiger cubs frozen and bottled up with also other endangered species’ carcasses and pelts and a cache of other parts and products in the freezer including tiger skins. The tigers at the temple ended up being sedated by the monks to make them calm. They were chained so close to the ground that they were not able to stand up. The monks removed the tiger 's’ claws and teeth so they wouldn’t hurt the visitors or themselves. The tigers were kicked, punched and pulled by their tails. Their own urine was squirted in their face at close proximity and baby cubs were taken from their mothers after two weeks instead of being two years like in the wild. The Ringling Brothers Circus was ordered to pay a fine of $270,000. They had violations from the Animal Welfare Act of improper handling of dangerous animals and no veterinary care. Having no veterinary care caused trauma, behavioral stress, physical harm, unnecessary discomfort and poor maintenance of their enclosures. The tigers were forced to live in tiny cages, no bigger than their own bodies. They were forced to perform and interact with the other animals during the day and not allowed to sleep at night. The cubs were also taken away from their mothers at an early age. The circus even gets away with their …show more content…
The adult tigers suffer from abuse causing them to pace back and forth and to have self mutilation because their natural needs are not met. The temple also keeps their tigers captive. They spend most of their lives confined to barren concrete cells and chained to a small cage for several hours a day given no shade. When the tigers are allowed out, it is only because of the money. When the tigers refuse to cooperate the monks will beat the
I arrived at the Hsi Lai Temple in the city of Hacienda Heights around 3:00 p.m. on March 7, 2014. Although I am Chinese, I have never been to this temple before because my family does not practice Buddhism. This is my first time collecting data about the His Lai Temple. This method is referred to as participant-observation which is, “the anthropological method of collecting data by living with another people, learning their language, and understanding their culture” (Arenson and Miller-Thayer 521). The temple is built on a hill top. After driving up the long hill into the parking lot, I found that before entering the temple, I walked up many stairs. In the brochure For Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, it said that the name Hsi Lai stands for “coming to the West”. The temple, which was founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, signifies the dedication of Taiwan’s largest Buddhist organizations called the Fo Guang Shan. It took ten years to build the temple and was completed in 1988. This $30 million Temple on 15 acres of land was financed by donations from Buddhist devotees from around the worlds.
For my site visit reflection paper, I decided to visit the Thai Buddhist Temple in Homestead. The reason this particular site was my choice was because information acquired from the videos in lecture about tradition and Confucianism in Asia made me curious to learn more about the Buddhist way of life. Because so many South Eastern countries instantaneously adopted Buddhism from India and then China with open arms, I decided to make the visit in the morning to learn the reasons for the international success of this way of life. This would give me a more interactive comprehension of Buddhism.
Tiger's Curse takes place in two main places, Oregon, where Kelsey, Ren and Mr. Kadam first meet and India, where Kishan is first introduced. The book starts in Oregon where Kelsey lives and worked. Ren was part of the circus which stopped in a town near Kelsey's home. After Mr. Kadam buys Ren, the two and Kelsey go to India, after being in India, Mr. Kadam takes Kelsey to Ren and Kishan’s home, days later Ren and Kelsey take a trip to the jungle to find Kishan and try to bring him home. After they fail, Ren, Kelsey and Mr. Kadam visit multiple temples of the Goddess Durga in attempt
“Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages,” and “11 months a year they travel over long distances in box cars with no climate control; sleeping, eating, and defecating in the same cage,” as stated by PAWS, Protective Animal Welfare Society, is one of the many organizations that strives to protect animals right and sheds light on this horrific situation that should be stopped at once. This is an insight of what the animals have to endure just for our entertainment. PAWS also discuses when these animals are eventually allowed out of their cages they undergo “extreme ‘discipline’ such as whipping, hitting, poking, and shocking with electrical prods,” for training purposes to ensure that the performance goes without any complications. The transportation of theses animals is cruel and unusual no matter how it is looked at.
Attention getter: Lion, tigers, and bears, oh my! When the circus comes rolling into town, many people are excited to go and that is all that is talked about; about the clowns, the trapeze artists, the ring leader, the elephants and all the other marvelous wonders of the circus. But would you all still be excited to go if you knew the truth about the circus and the animal trainers of how they treat the animals? Because in reality, for our spirits to raise at the circus, they break the spirits of all the animals, especially the elephants.
Born Free USA, nonprofit organization that advocates for animals, states that there are between 5,000 and 7,000 tigers kept as pets, which is more than 3,500 tigers found in the wild. As the number of exotic animals kept as pets keep rising, there are going to be less and less exotic animals, especially tigers, in the wild. The popular trend of keeping exotic pets has caused thousands of exotic animals to be captured and forced to live in an environment that does not meet their needs. It has also led to many incidents involving the injuries or deaths of humans and exotic animals, which has led some states to pass tougher laws on ownership of exotic pets. The incidents have raised questions about whether or not it should be legal to keep all exotic animals as pets.
Animals should not be held captive in zoos because it is inhumane and unfair to the animals. There are so many records of terrible things that have happened to animals in zoos over the past few centuries, the go under the radar too often. Too few people even know about these animal care atrocities, and therefore the New York Times decided to bring light upon this situation. The Times did a first-of-its-kind analysis of 390 elephant fatalities at accredited U.S. zoos over the past 50 years (Berens 3). It found that most of the elephants died from injury or disease linked to conditions of their captivity, from chronic foot problems caused by standing on hard surfaces to musculoskeletal disorders from inactivity caused by being penned or chained for days and weeks at a time.
Tigers are the largest members of the cat family. They live in Asia and belong to the same genus as the lion, leopard, and jaguar. Two major subspecies of the tiger are the Siberian tiger and the Bengal tiger. The tiger is thought to have originated in northern Asia during the Pleistocene Epoch.
A zoo full of angry animals can lead to some very bad things. Fiona Looney spoke about how when she was working at a zoo and a polar bear jumped out of the water and slashed a woman in the face. First, this proves that the enclosure was way to small especially if he could jump up and slash someone in the face. Second, this shows that the bear was aggressive and needed to let off some steam, which could be because it was in such a tiny space, not getting the care that they need, or not getting interaction with other animals. It’s not that the keepers don’t love the animals, it is that they are doing the best with what they have and that is not a
The temple is located in Potomac, Maryland and lies on twelve acres of beautiful forest land. When I first arrived I couldn’t help but notice all the wild life around me. The deer were walking in harmony with the people and they didn’t seem to be scared of our human presence. I noticed homes within the temple grounds, which I later found out served as boarding homes for their followers. The temple was very simple; it wasn’t ornate like I had pictured it.
Tigers can be seen as one of many species that could be potentially dangerous when kept in captivity, more so in a residential neighborhood. In the state of New York, the government passed a law prohibiting the possession or sale of big cats and other wild animals as pets (Department of New York Conservation, 2013).
On a beautiful sunny morning of February 1, 2015, I visited a Buddhist temple in Riverside. It was called the Thich Ca Thien Sakyamuni Buddhist Meditation Center. It was about 20 minutes away from University of California, Riverside which was convenient for me because I didn 't have to worry about the distance being a problem. I didn’t know what to expect from a temple so I researched what to wear, how to act, what not to wear, what not to do, etc. Although I looked up a few things about the Buddhist temple online, I was still nervous about visiting the place.
The life of a circus animal is hard and demanding. It is not an acceptable way of life for an animal. Circuses would quickly lose their appeal if the public were more aware of their mistreatments of these animals. Many circuses do not have much money and as a result the animals suffer from inadequate care. These animals spend most of their time in small cages used for transportation. The Animal Welfare Act provides cage requirements, but many circuses fail to follow this law. Even the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus was cited for 65 violations over a two-year period according to Florence Lambert. When traveling, animals spend hours, even days between sites in confinement..
Buddhism is the predominant religion in Bangkok, with monks, temples, spirit houses, and Buddha images and statues everywhere you look around the city.
The Bengal tiger is a carnivorous, mammal primarily from India. It lives in habitats such as the coniferous Himalayan Forest, the mangroves of the Sunderbans, the hills of the Indian Peninsula, or the forests of Rajasthan and Northern India. At one time Bengal tigers were scattered throughout Asia. Now they are generally found in India and some regions of Bangledesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar. There is approximately 4,000 alive in the wild now, and about 300 are in captivity in zoos around the world.