A handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong KongA handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong Kong
A handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong Kong
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Tiger selfies: Chinese, Indian tourists lead cruel social media trend that’s driving Thailand’s captive-wildlife industry

As tourists flock to venues such as Tiger Kingdom in Thailand in quest for ever more audacious photos to post on Facebook and Instagram, animal-rights groups claim the internet craze is the cause of a ‘lifetime of suffering’ for the felines

Topic |   Tourism
Simon Parry

Updated: 12:36pm, 20 Jun, 2018

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A handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong KongA handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong Kong
A handler prods a big cat with a stick as tourists pose for pictures at Tiger Kingdom. Picture: Red Door News Hong Kong
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