Poeta claims that the park in Chon Buri is turning a world-famous baby hippopotamus into a profit.
PUBLISHED: 28 Sep 2024 at 17: 06
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( Peta ), a group dedicated to protecting wildlife, has accused Khao Kheow Open Zoo of abusing the young pygmy hippo Moo Deng, saying she belongs in the wild.
A Peta Facebook post from September 23 read,” TikTok turned Moo Deng into a superstar, but the reality is much from cute.” ” The park in Thailand is exploiting her for gain, parading her around like an interest. A turtle’s home is the crazy. Boycott roads zoos”!
The article included a graphic with a message from Jason Baker, the team’s Asia senior vice president, who wrote,” There is nothing cute about a child born into prison!
” Moo Deng should’ve been born in the wild, no bred for human pleasure.”
Additionally, the article made reference to accounts that some customers who had visited Moo Deng had reportedly thrown water and other things at her, putting her in danger.
Representatives from the park in Chon Buri made it clear that this behavior would not be tolerated. If customers do not cooperate, the park perhaps consider lawful action to protect its bird, it said.
Since people first started to notice posts made by her guard a few weeks ago, the star hippo has become a global web sensation. With masses waiting after hours to watch five-minute seeing classes, her fame has been a major benefit to Khao Kheow Open Zoo.
A spokesperson for the media reported that in September, the cost of admission fees had quadrupled to 19.2 million rmb, compared to the same quarter last year.
The reputation of the two-month-old has furthermore set off huge sales of products and a 24-hour video.
Some responses to the Peta publish have expressed disagreement, claiming that the zoo is supporting the restoration of the critically endangered pygmy hippo.
One post read:” The dwarf crocodile is an endangered bird. Do you believe it will be protected from predators and hunters if you leave it in the exotic?
Endangered pygmy hippos are native to West Africa, and there are about 2, 000 to 2, 500 left in the world, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN).
Peta alleged the Thai coco industry of “kidnapping countless monkeys as babies and eventually forcing them to choose coconuts” last year. Business executives have denied the claims.