"Dusit Zoo"

The only remaining animal at the now-closed Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, a female giraffe, has been reunited with her mate, Bin Laden, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri.

Officials transported a more than 4-metre-tall giraffe from Dusit Zoo in Bangkok to the Khao Khiao Open Zoo early Tuesday.

THOUSANDS of people on Sunday crowded the Dusit Zoo to bid farewell to one of the capital’s beloved landmarks for 80 years.

90 species off to new homes as Bangkok’s Zoo closes

As a gift to supporters of the Dusit Zoo the organisation behind the much-loved animal enclosure will delay its permanent shuttering in central Bangkok until September 30, the operation announced on Friday. The zoo was originally scheduled to close on August 31.

The new home for animals from Bangkok’s Dusit Zoo in Pathum Thani is being designed as “the Smithsonian of Southeast Asia”, the province’s governor says.

Animal lovers have less than a month to visit Dusit Zoo on Rama V Road, which is closing its cages after 80 years.

Bangkok’s Dusit Zoo on Thursday introduced a pair of Aldabra Giant Tortoises, the world’s second largest tortoise after the Galapagos Tortoise, as its new addition to woo visitors.

Animals at Bangkok's Dusit Zoo keep cool with frozen treats during the hot summer weather.

TWO WORKING groups have been set up in order to prepare for the relocation of animals from Dusit Zoo to a new location in Pathum Thani.

EXPECTED RELOCATION TO PATHUM THANI MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS FROM PUBLIC

The Zoological Park Organisation will next Tuesday (December 12) consider relocating Dusit Zoo – Thailand’s oldest – from downtown Bangkok to a 300-rai property in Khlong Hok, Pathum Thani.