All of the tigers from Thailand's tiger temple were finally freed by the government.

This news is a big win for the animal rights activists on the Internet who were outraged by the owners who charged tourists to take "tiger selfies" with the wild animals. 

Animal rights activists have fought for more than 15 years to close the tiger temple because of previous complaints of abuse and illegal wildlife trading, reported One Green Planet. 

It was announced Thursday by Thailand's Department of National Parks (DNP) director-general, Nipon Chotiban, that the tigers must be removed from the facility by the end of April.

During the weeks leading up to the announcement the Tiger Temple allegedly trafficked three of its tigers from the temple to a foreign country and there were several complaints of illegal trade of the protected wild animals, reported WFFT.org. 

Tiger Temple officials denied the allegations and later refused to cooperate with authorities looking to investigate the situation, reported WFFT. 

These incidents eventually led to Chotiban freeing the tigers once and for all.