Once 100 million baht a year tourism business can't afford to buy animal food to feed all the animals wandering around its property.
ANIMAL WELFARE
2,000 animals at Tiger Temple 'starving'
22/06/2016
Piyarach Chongcharoen
2,000 animals remain at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi with little, if any, food after authorities moved its tigers.
The recent Tiger removal has reportedly left the temple without any means for raising money to pay for animal food.
So, the Tiger Temple is now asking for food donations to feed the remaining animals.
NO VISITORS AFTER MUCH-PUBLICISED TIGER RELOCATION
Staff at the Tiger Temple said there have been no visitors at all to the temple after the relocation of 147 tigers to several breeding centres in other provinces between May 30 and June 4.
The relocation was carried out by the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department under a court order.
The temple, once famous among tourists for its Bengal tigers from 2004 to last month, was accused of involvement in illegal wildlife trafficking.
Nathawut Phokaew, a temple boy (a layman serving monks at a temple in exchange for shelter and food), said on Wednesday after the tigers were removed, the temple had been virtually closed.