The Tiger Temple is in the jungle near the Thai/Burma border and it was blazingly hot...100+ would be my guess. The animal rescue has turned into such a major commitment that the monks have become quite adept at fund raising. Much of the work is done by a cadre of young volunteers who sign up for a month, live on the grounds, get room and board plus 70B, (about $2.) a day. Most were Thai but there was at least one American in the group.
There was an area with 3, four month old cubs. A man began petting one of the cubs on the head. An English speaking volunteer told him not to do that, he might get bitten, the cubs don't know their own strength. The man took off his cap and continued petting the cubs head. Fortunately he didn't get bitten. When he finished I asked him if he spoke English. It turned out that he was German and didn't. In my broken Deutsch I told him what the volunteer had said.
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