"Can Thailand's new animal welfare law curb cruelty within its lucrative tiger temples, elephant parks and game parks?

A visit to a tiger temple, watching tricks in a monkey show or riding an elephant are the top attractions of Thai tourism. What guides don't tell you is that many of these animals have been mistreated.

Thailand recently introduced a new law to protect captive-born animals. But critics argue that little will be done to prevent mistreatment in this multi-million dollar entertainment industry. "

With this text, the Arabic channel Al Jazeera invites you to watch their documentary “Saving Thailand's Animals”. The film of approx. 25 minutes, in which Edward Wiek also speaks, can be found below:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/cddMzxG28Xo[/youtube]

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