TIGER KINGDOM Mae-rim, Chiang-Mai. THAILAND TEL. (66)+053-299363 , (66)+053-860704
It is 10 KM.(20 minutes) from Town and within a kilometre at Traffic light from the Chiang Mai - Fang main road.
คุ้มเสือ ตั้งอยู่ในเขตเทศบาล แม่ริม ต.ริมใต้ อ.แม่ริม จ.เชียงใหม่ (10 กม. จากตัวเมืองเชียงใหม่)
ผ่านที่ว่าการอำเภอแม่ริม ตรง แยกไฟแดง เลี้ยวไปทาง อ.สะเมิง(น้ำตกแม่สา)เพียง 200 เมตร บนถนน เลียบคลองชลประทาน
Booking for transportation: neomart@gmail.com
Patrick Mobile phone: oversea 66 81 617 2116 or local 081 617 2116
The Park, the costs of admission/play with our tigers in enclosures ,you can choose.
520 baht (~15$)/person
(15 minutes in enclosure)
- Smallest Tigers (2-5 Months)
520 baht (~15$)/person
(15 minutes in building)
- Medium (6-9 Months)
320 baht (~9$)/person
(15 minutes in enclosure)
- Big Cats (10-20 Months)
320 baht (~9$)/person
(15 minutes in enclosure)
Lowest Price in The World! Once in your life with the big cats at TIGER KINGDOM Chiang-mai THAILAND.
All Prices included : Local VAT.7% , Service Charge & Insurance Premium.
And also you can take all(SPECIAL PRICE). You can bring camera to take photo by yourself inside the cage. If you need professional photographer take photo for you, you just pay extra 300 baht/each program for a CD(50-100pictures)
The suitable time for play with the Tigers should be around 10.00 AM. until 06.00 PM.
We know that you care so let’s look at the facts.
Hi my name is Jenny, I am a 28 year old English visitor to Chiang Mai and I love Tigers so
much I have been coming here every day. (23rd June 2009). I have learnt a lot and understand
your concerns as I had them myself. If I can I
would like to help Tiger Kingdom and all its
customers by looking at the worries that may
concern people regarding the tigers and help to
look at things a little closer.
I have seen how Tiger Kingdom has had to put
up with a lot of negativity from people in the
past.
As an independent, whom has had the great
privileged of spending a good few full days here
I have decided it is about time someone set the
record straight. Below are FACTS about the
tigers that may help you understand why they act
the way they do in captivity and what the
trainers here at tiger kingdom are doing to make
everyones experiences (tigers and customers
alike) safe and happy. I hope you can find it
helpful.
What are the marks on the tigers skin/fur?
Tiger Kingdom does not agree with declawing. The scars and cuts you see on some of the
tigers faces and body's are caused by play fighting amongst their brothers and sisters.
Tigers skin is quite thick and they sometimes don't realise how deep a cut is until a little while
after it has happened.
Although the trainers strongly discourage any play activity with people they do encourage play
with each other. It's important that the tigers are happy and can find an outlet for their energy
so in the late evenings and sometimes during the day if its not too hot the trainers use
coconuts, leaves and corn husks to stimulate play between the tigers.
Play is rough and usually all of the tigers get involved at once so cuts and scratches are
nearly always inevitable.
The claws are clipped but never removed so minor injuries are treated with creams and
sometimes sprays to help the healing process.
Why do you use sticks with the tigers?
Sticks are held by trainers at all times for safety. From a very early age the cubs are taught
that biting and clawing are not permitted. This has to be instilled in them every day for the
rest of their lives, it is the only way it can make it possible for a human to be in the same
enclosure as a man eating animal.
The use of electric shock, whips, chains, declawing, drugging and food deprivation/reward are
also methods that could be used on a tiger but Tiger Kingdom believes the method of "nose
tapping" is the only method that reduces the harm to the tigers, and remains a successful way
of preventing human and tiger injury.
If a tiger injures a human it usually calls for the animal to be put down. An uncontrollable tiger
is just as much a danger to itself as it is to the customer. A human may survive a tiger bite
but the tiger most certainly wouldn't be allowed to live after such an incident! Nobody wants
to put a tiger down just because a customer wanted it to be free to play with them!
The sticks are not sharp and do not cause cuts.
As the tigers get older they learn that the stick is a warning. It is used when face to face eye
contact or threatening behaviour is shown by the tiger, but as they mostly sleep during the
busiest parts of the day a trainer will usually bang it on the fence or something nearby to let
the tiger know they are approaching and that aggressive behaviour will be met with a hard
knock to the nose. This technique is also used in training aggressive dogs and other biting
animals except that for these animal using a finger or hand is the preferred method. Not
something I would suggest with tiger with its size and power! If cats are to be handled, they
must be trained not to play with people the same as they play with each other. If a cat struck
or bit us the same as they would another cat in play, we would not last very long. They must
be taught that our skin is like tissue paper compared to theirs.
Why do the trainers/photographers wake the tigers up from their sleep to
have pictures taken?
Because without customers the tigers would starve.
What the customer wants they usually get! Its the same story in every business in every
country! If all the customers wanted to do was to stand/sit next to a tiger while it was
sleeping peacefully then it would make for a less tired tiger and probably a happier keeper
too, but for the most part customers will not settle for just a touch. Provided it is safe to do
so the trainers will try and position the tiger so that the face can be seen and the customer
can sit comfortably in shot.
Customers are important to the tigers lives. No government funding is provided and hey rely
on the income from the encounters to feed and pay for vets bills ect. Customers want to show
their friends and family's wonderful pictures of them enjoying the intimacy of a one on one
with a powerful and majestic animal. It is determined by the majority that dictates the need for
the tigers to be woken so many time when they are trying to sleep. If you are happy to be
passive and do not want these types of photos then please say so. It would make life a lot
easier for tiger and keeper.
Why don't you let the cubs lick me they're not hurting me!?
If you have a domestic kitten you'll probably already know that the licking gesture is quite
often followed by a bite and then the furious kicking of claw laden back legs. Its similar with
baby tigers. Sometimes they are just licking but other times you may just find that they want a
bite too, and when they have a hold they don't really want to let go. It is part of their training
to discourage any behaviour that may lead to biting or clawing. Even if they are just licking
you it has to be discouraged.
Why don't the tigers wake up when you are stroking them so roughly?
Every day they get plenty of pats, hugs and tummy rubs. So much so that they have almost
become desensitised by it, its normal to them when someone new starts rubbing or heavily
patting them. The tigers have been raised by human contact, are accustomed to handling and
affection, so they want and expect it.
Some customers expect the tigers to be running around all the time. They want to see the
tigers "performing" for them by playing around them and looking good for photos. The trainers
try to make the most of the experience for the customers who want to see this by pushing the
tiger into a better position for a photo or waking them up for a better shot. Customers want to
see them awake even outside the tigers natural waking hours. Because of this the tigers
seldom want to move, always being touched its not surprising that they just want to be left to
sleep. As aggression is met with discipline and the unnecessary expenditure of energy the
tigers have learnt it is far essayer to ignore people.
The other large factor it the time of day. customers seldom visit the park in the early morning
or late evening when the tigers actually want to be awake. Large crowds of people swarm to
the park in the blistering heat of the day and expect ti see these largely nocturnal animals
running jumping and looking into the cameras for the perfect picture. its just not natural for
the tiger to have so much activity at the peak times of our human day!
How can the tigers be safe to go in with?
The tigers have been raised by human contact, are accustomed to handling and affection, so
they want and expect it. They spend their whole life with people and are trained from very
small that biting and clawing are not permitted. Electric wires are placed around the
perimeters of some of the enclosures to discourage fence climbing also.
Don't you think its wrong and unnatural to touch the tigers?
As long as the big cats depend on us for their food they will never be wild. Maybe not tame
either, but we must not fool ourselves by thinking that if we do not touch them, if we do not
let them develop affections for us and us for them, that they will be like wild cats.
If we cannot give them up to the wild because they would die, we must fill that void with
something else they want. We think that something is affection. We know they want affection,
and many want interaction with us. We will not deprive them of something they want that we
can give to them.
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These are just a few facts that may help to set your mind at ease, but you don't have to take
my word for it.
Do your research, read up on tigers, spend more than just a few hours here in the park, turn
up early in the morning (7am) or stay much later (8pm), be around for feeding and activity
time. You can even volunteer, feeding, cleaning and observing tigers and trainers closely
yourself!!
Its not hard to see how well these tigers live when you take a little more time to see.
All my best wishes for a pleasant and better educated experience
Jenny-Louise Wickett
28 years old from England
(You can find me on facebook. Ask me anything you like)
Booking Transportation: neomart@gmail.com
Patrick Mobile phone: oversea 66 81 617 2116 or local 081 617 2116
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