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Discussion in 'Thailand' started by Peter Dickinson, 16 Sep 2009.

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  1. Peter Dickinson

    Peter Dickinson Well-Known Member

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    I have visited the Phuket Zoo in the south of Thailand twice. It is a truly awful place that is geared up to milking every last Baht from a gullible public. They are making money too...tons of it. There is absolutely no reason for the animals to be kept as they are here. It is a very popular collection with tourists.
    There does not appear to be any sort of expertise here.
     
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    Thanks for keeping us updated on these issues, Peter Dickinson. However, any comments from me would be politically incorrect and unwanted on the site, so I will refrain.

    I wholeheartedly support you in your struggle, though.
     
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    Thanks again Peter for shining a spotlight on the horrendous zoos of Thailand. That photo with the orangutan is one of the saddest things I've seen in a long time.;)
     
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    'Old age'? She was thirteen. Orangs live into their forties and fifties.
     
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