More than half of the tigers that were rescued from a "tiger temple" have died from a viral disease thanks to inbreeding, media reports say.
The temple opened two decades ago near Bangkok and grew into a popular and profitable tourist attraction.
Tourists took selfies with drugged tigers and paid to bottle feed cubs at the so-called "Buddhist temple". Traditionally Buddhists try to do no harm (or as little harm as possible) to animals.
The temple was long accused of breeding and trafficking tigers and other wildlife. After years of failed interventions, wildlife officials raided it in 2016 following several standoffs with temple monks.
