Campaign to free gorilla from Bangkok high-rise zoo
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A campaign to take Bua Noi a female gorilla held in the Pata Zoo to a better home has gained fresh momentum as the chief of a key agency has now agreed to look into the case.
The Pata Zoo is on the top two floors of the Pata department store, an ageing building on a busy street in Bangkok. It houses more than 200 species of animals, reptiles, turtles, birds, monkeys, leopards, tigers, bears, and the lone gorilla, Bua Noi.
Animal lover Sinjira Apaitan started an online campaign to help Bua Noi through change.org nearly a year ago.
Now, she is preparing to sit down with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) chief Nipon Chotibal tomorrow for talks on how to improve the fate of Bua Noi.
“This is going to be another historical chapter in Thailand’s zoo industry,” Sinjira said via her web site.
