The gloomy enclosures and cages where hundreds of monkeys, reptiles and birds languish are often referred to as the 'horror zoo'. 😢
The Pata Zoo on the roof of a dingy shopping centre in Bangkok is often dubbed the"saddest zoo in the world". It is home to Bua Noi, Thailand's only gorilla. Photos: Carola Frentzen/dpa
Finally she gets up, lumbers past the only patch of sunlight in the 10m by 20m pen and comes closer.Dozens of cell phones snap and film the only gorilla in the whole of Thailand. While the lines could have been written for Bua Noi, they reflect conditions in the entire Pata Zoo. The gloomy enclosures and cages where hundreds of monkeys, reptiles and birds languish are often referred to as the"horror zoo".
The announcement immediately made headlines, but the Thai zoo later denied the money request on its Facebook page, saying Bua Noi was too old to adjust to a new environment and was being well cared for. Nevertheless, her fate caused a renewed stir, not only in Thailand – but also internationally. Merdes has long campaigned for the liberation of all animals from the zoo, especially the equally tormented orangutans and many other primates like lemurs and macaques.For Bua Noi, he believes the only solution given her age is to take her to a sanctuary in Thailand.
"We believe that it would not be morally right to pay an enormous sum of money for the star of the Pata Zoo," Wiek says of the hefty reported cost of freeing the gorilla."We also want to reach a deal for all the animals in the zoo – or at least the primates."
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