Ever tickled a tiger? Cuddled a lion cub? Well now I have.
Yesterday the four of us hired some mopeds (the first time I've ever ridden one) and drove north for 40-50 minutes to Tiger Kingdom. In itself a challenge, seeing as the roads are worse than Dubai, but significantly less horn honking.
Looking initially like some 4 or 5* resort, this place has around 18 tigers of various sizes and ages, and 2 lion cubs which are 3 months old. For a fee, you can spend 15 minutes with any of them. Said fee for 15 minutes with the lion cubs and the big tigers came to around £18. There were only a few rules, such as no sudden movements, and no touching the head or front paws.
I've put a few pictures below, and they pretty much speak for themselves. Now some skeptics are going to say that these animals were drugged to the eyeballs, and couldn't have swatted a fly. Well I'd like to reassure you animal rights activists that there was very little evidence of that. The weather was bloody hot, and these are beasts which tend to sleep during hot periods. They have been raised in captivity, and their handlers blatantly have a deep affection for them. Anyway, enjoy the photos.
Yesterday the four of us hired some mopeds (the first time I've ever ridden one) and drove north for 40-50 minutes to Tiger Kingdom. In itself a challenge, seeing as the roads are worse than Dubai, but significantly less horn honking.
Looking initially like some 4 or 5* resort, this place has around 18 tigers of various sizes and ages, and 2 lion cubs which are 3 months old. For a fee, you can spend 15 minutes with any of them. Said fee for 15 minutes with the lion cubs and the big tigers came to around £18. There were only a few rules, such as no sudden movements, and no touching the head or front paws.
I've put a few pictures below, and they pretty much speak for themselves. Now some skeptics are going to say that these animals were drugged to the eyeballs, and couldn't have swatted a fly. Well I'd like to reassure you animal rights activists that there was very little evidence of that. The weather was bloody hot, and these are beasts which tend to sleep during hot periods. They have been raised in captivity, and their handlers blatantly have a deep affection for them. Anyway, enjoy the photos.
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Dude that's bloody awesome :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant pictures!!
Was this behaviour inspired by seeing piccies of me playing with cheetahs years ago? If so, does that make these copycats? ;-)
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