Officials prepare weapons with a sedation as they start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. Wildlife authorities raid a Buddhist temple that has more than 100 tigers, taking away three cats and vowing to confiscate scores more in response to global pressure over wildlife trafficking. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A tiger yawns before the officials start moving them from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A Buddhist monk walks past a tiger before officials start moving them from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A tourist poses next to a tiger before officials start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Tiger Temple, May 30, 2016. The government introduced new animal welfare laws in 2015 aimed at curbing animal abuse, but activists accuse authorities of not enforcing the legislation properly. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Tiger Temple, May 30, 2016. The Buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi province west of Bangkok has more than 100 tigers and has become a tourist destination where visitors take selfies with tigers and bottle-feed their cubs. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Officials try to lead a tiger into a cage as they start moving tigers from Tiger Temple, May 30, 2016. Wildlife activists have accused the temple's monks of illegally breeding tigers, while some visitors have said the animals can appear drugged. The temple denies the accusations. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A sedated tiger is stretchered as officials start moving tigers from Tiger Temple, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A sedated tiger is seen in a cage as officials start moving tigers from Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, May 30, 2016. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)