The Buddhist temple known in Thailand as "Wat Pa Luangta Maha Bua Yannasampanno" has been the focus of a dispute with Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation after the government agency asked the temple in 2015 to hand over its 147 tigers since it was not licensed to keep them.

Pictured: A Buddhist monk walks with a tiger at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, April 24, 2016.
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