A tiger is recovering after having his testicles grabbed by a tourist at a Thai zoo.

The big was relaxing when the woman cupped his genitals and posed for selfies at the zoo in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

Pictures of the stunt sparked outrage, with locals slamming the woman for humiliating the tiger.

Staff at the Tiger Kingdom zoo have now vowed to monitor visitors closely after in the incident.

Footage shows the animal relaxing in its enclosure.

The manager, Anne, said the zoo has security features which will help them prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Speaking in the video, she said: "From now on we will not let any visitors touch animals in their sensitive parts. At the most, we will only let them touch the main body of the tiger."

The zoo keepers who work at the Tiger Kingdom also said that they will monitor visitors who interact with the tigers.

Korakoch Piantham said: "We are more careful now about visitors touching tigers. We will not let visitors play with the animals on their own."