Everyone here stating these tigers where drugged c...

Everyone here stating these tigers where drugged clearly has never visited. Also while they were raided, 0 of the 22 charges have resulted in convictions. Having been an individual who actually went to see for myself back in 2013, I can tell you a few things.
1. I did all the activities and not once did any of these tigers appear to be drugged. If they were, the drugs were not effective at all because once they were very coordinated and active most of the time. One activity involved going into an outdoor enclosure and playing with the "teenage" tigers (about the size of a great Dane for reference) and you would get a long bamboo stick with a toy attached to the end. I can assure you a group of tigers running full speed the jumping 6 ft in the air for about 20 minutes straight is not drugged.
2. When we were there there were at least a dozen volunteers who were there from Europe and other western countries. Hard to imagine they were running a criminal organization but hiding it from the numerous volunteers (including those with vet experience) coming and going for periods of time without them catching on.
3. When I was there speaking with the volunteers they were mentioning things about how the government did not like that they were not making much money of the. While I admittedly do not have specifics I'm assuming that is due to some sort of religious exemption. I digress knowing I dont have specifics to refer to here but point it out to acknowledge potential motivation for a Gov't that has not been known to be corruption free. Considering there were 0 convictions on 22 charges and they are allowing them to build a new "zoo" it seems entirly possible the raid could have been some sort of power play.
Now with all that being said, if this place was truly engaging in criminal activity, I'd support the prosecution of them, but having actually been there and seen the where and how those tigers live, I'd say it was easily a better environment then any zoo I've been to in the US. I am an animal lover myself and often volunteer at local shelters and such which is why it's annoying to me to see people coming here and blanket criticizing a place they clearly have not been to when there are private entities operating in Thailand and all over the world (including inside the US) that clearly do use sedatives and abuse their animals for photo ops and dont even hide it. Those are the places that need to be demonized. Either way it's clearly too late for the tiger temple and if the new government approved location is open (assuming it might be due to recent reviews unless they are all just lying which is possible) I cant speak to the conditions there.