More then 80 tigers have died after they were rescued from a Thailand tourist attraction dubbed Tiger Temple, a report said.

A total of about 87 felines died from a virus they had contracted after being held at the The Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno temple west of Bangkok, according to London’s Independent newspaper.

“When we took the tigers in, we noted that they had no immune system due to inbreeding,” said a senior official from Thailand’s department of national parks, wildlife and plant conservation.

The official said the animals were susceptible to the canine distemper virus.

While the tigers were living at the temple, monks charged admission for people to take photos with them and bottle feed their cubs.

But the tigers needed to be removed from amid allegations that they were being drugged and illegally bred.

Local media reports claim that as many as 87 of the 147 creatures taken from the temple have died.

During a raid of the temple, Thai officials found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer along with 20 glass jars containing baby tigers and tiger organs.

Also, a monk tried to flee with 700 vials of tiger skin and a suitcase full of tiger teeth.