annat555 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Now I love Zoos and I try to visit the best ones when I can. Some of the best, in my opinion, are London, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Prague and some of the smaller German/Austrian ones like Karlsruhe, Saltsburg, Colne. I have visited two zoo’s in Thailand; Bangkok which is very pleasant and well worth half a day, nice open space, interesting animals, though I thought they could do with more room, I gather there are plans to move it to larger and more interesting site. The other was Phucket, which was poor, the animals kept in bad conditions and if it was in the UK, the RSPCA would have soon been there. It was the only zoo, I have walked out from, to be honest very heartbreaking. I must try to visit again when and if I ever back to Bangkok. So here are a few photo from my last trip to Bangkok Zoo, I made it a day by going on in a Tut-Tut to the Royal Palace, a wondrous place to visit if you have not been there. 3 month old elephant asian bear elephant not a lot of room fish feeding fish kangeroos the lake which is the centre part of the zoo alligators puma pygmy hippos shark pond tiger large lizards free to roam around the zoo Quote Edit 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Went to it on my first trip to Thailand and yes it was a good afternoon wandering about. One thing that struck me was, when we visit one back home, they usually have a map of the world and the far flung area where the particular animal is from. In Thailand the map was more or less saying just down the road. I remember leaving thinking there are some serious animals living in this part of the world, and not to wander off the beaten track like I would at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cargopants Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 As Annat alluded to, I think it would be too heartbreaking to visit Asian zoos. I'm not anti-zoo but anti tiny enclosures, poor care, and animals in obvious distress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoolpusher Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I think animal care in general is below standard, most animals I have seen could do with more food for starters In my working life I was a Master Farrier for 40 years ,when I see a horse the first thing I look at are its feet and sadly it's one of the things they don't look after . I have helped with the guys looking after the Kings horses in Bangkok showing them how to fix the horses feet and it has worked thankfully. The vets that work with the horses now contact me when there is a problem and other guys in my profession help to . There doesn't seem to be any where for Thai people to learn about care for animals, we have all seen dogs that could even benefit with a bath . Thanks Annat for the photos. Did you get to the crocodile farm in bkk ? , I was thinking later the problems they would have if a flood came through and they all got out . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 When I visited Bkk for the first time we were taken on tours. One was to a zoo which had elephants, crocodiles, monkeys etc. I followed the tour for about 10 minutes and then left to go and sit down and wait for their return. Not my cup of tea to watch animals treated like that. I did see a video or some clip of a Thai woman who threw herself into the crocodile enclosure to commit suicide. Not a nice way to go!. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annat555 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 11 hours ago, stoolpusher said: I think animal care in general is below standard, most animals I have seen could do with more food for starters In my working life I was a Master Farrier for 40 years ,when I see a horse the first thing I look at are its feet and sadly it's one of the things they don't look after . I have helped with the guys looking after the Kings horses in Bangkok showing them how to fix the horses feet and it has worked thankfully. The vets that work with the horses now contact me when there is a problem and other guys in my profession help to . There doesn't seem to be any where for Thai people to learn about care for animals, we have all seen dogs that could even benefit with a bath . Thanks Annat for the photos. Did you get to the crocodile farm in bkk ? , I was thinking later the problems they would have if a flood came through and they all got out . In 1976 took a klong tour on a barge then on the narrow speed boats up the little canals to Crcok farm and then to snale show - i frightened of snakes and did not go in - spent a lot of the time looking for them in case they were up the trees, then back to the rice barge free booze by the time tour finsihed was legless on vodka and had loads of free fruits some of which I have rarely seem since. Sadly the photo of that honeymoon trip disappeared over the years. I wish i still had them, some great shots of BKK and Patts from that period and while typing I remembered we also went crock farm at Patts. Have some more photos of Thailand to put up in due course from 2010-12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdoggg Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 A Chimp is being used to disinfect a zoo but animal rights activists are objecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Pdoggg said: A Chimp is being used to disinfect a zoo but animal rights activists are objecting. Of course. Zoos should be closed all together. Riding on elephants too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Went to Bangkok Zoo many years ago - can't remember why-stuck in Bangkok waiting for Viet' visa I think. Zoo horrendous - 'wild' birds chained onto trees. Shut it down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoolpusher Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Jurong bird park in Singapore is worth seeing when the plague is over , one of the vets who also attended to the race horses there took me through ( behind the scenes) ,every thing was clean and I did not see any birds in destress 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyjohn57 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 20 years ago I went on a safari in Kenya and after that I will never step foot into a zoo again. Wild animals belong in the wild. I'd post some photos here but don't want to thread fuck Annat's post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, sydneyjohn57 said: Wild animals belong in the wild. Selfies by tourists with sedated tigers in Thailand makes me sick. I always hope they will do a Sigfried and Roy on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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