{"id":238473,"date":"2019-09-23T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238473"},"modified":"2021-09-26T18:15:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:15:21","slug":"thailand-tigers-raised-by-buddhist-monks-on-strict-vegetarian-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/it\/thailand-tigers-raised-by-buddhist-monks-on-strict-vegetarian-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: Tigers raised by Buddhist monks on strict vegetarian diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>\u201cYou can\u2019t feed tigers with a grass-based diet. Tigers are predators, they are supposed to eat meat, it is no surprise the average lifespan of a tiger is half of what is expected in their natural environment.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kanchanaburi | Thailand\u2019s Tiger Temple, is a Buddhist Theravada Monastery where tigers roam freely and are fed solely on a strict Buddhist vegetarian diet.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the tigers are fed an exclusively plant-based diet, which resonates with the Buddhist philosophy of the monks. Many animal rights activists believe the animals are mistreated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people say that we starve the animals to death\u201d replies Pho Tan Bui, a Buddhist monk. \u201cBut death is part of a natural process, everyone must die one day. As everyone is born, everyone must die, there is nothing abnormal about death\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the Buddhist monastery do not seem to be concerned that death rates of the tigers are abnormally high and that the average lifespan of tigers in the monastery is half that of those living in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere these tigers are free to become true sentient beings. We help them avoid a predatory life of killing to feed themselves, their chances to reincarnate into a higher being are infinitely multiplied,\u201d admits Bin Nay Tran, a monk at the monastery. \u201cIs the jungle life, filled with the necessity of pursuing and killing other animals a good life?\u201d he asks. \u201cHere they are fed and need not to hunt and prey on other living beings.\u201d he told local reporters. \u201cIf they live shorter lives, but they live happy lives, is not that which is important?\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zMEp4Y287m\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/notallowedto.com\/tigers-raised-by-buddhist-monks-on-vegetarian-diet\/\">Thailand: Tigers Raised by Buddhist Monks on Strict Vegetarian Diet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Thailand: Tigers Raised by Buddhist Monks on Strict Vegetarian Diet&#8221; &#8212; News And Entertainment\" src=\"https:\/\/notallowedto.com\/tigers-raised-by-buddhist-monks-on-vegetarian-diet\/embed\/#?secret=zMEp4Y287m\" data-secret=\"zMEp4Y287m\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: \u201cYou can\u2019t feed tigers with a grass-based diet. 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