A Thai Buddhist monk gives water to a tiger from a bottle at the “Tiger Temple” in Saiyok district in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand. Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press …
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137 tigers to be relocated from infamous ‘Tiger Temple’ in Thailand
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