Groups including Born Free and Peta urge holidaymakers not to perpetuate the suffering of captive animals, like Moo Deng, by visiting them in person or liking and sharing posts on social media.

Thailand Dispatch The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm? Moo Deng walking around her enclosure with her ...

This is the amusing moment baby hippo sensation Moo Deng tumbled off a plastic tub as she outgrows her play toys. The calf met her father in a separate enclosure, peeking at him by stepping on the ...

In the zoo, there are buoys in the pygmy hippo enclosure, while chimpanzees also enjoy buoys hung from trees, sometimes containing food. Zookeepers even have a buoy tethered to the ground for giant ...

Moo Deng spends a lot of time snoozing in a secluded corner of her enclosure, sprawled like an abandoned sausage. It is a lot for a six-month-old pygmy hippopotamus, this life of intense celebrity.

Hong Kong bets on its baby pandas to boost its lackluster tourism industry and revive an economy that’s struggling to regain ...

The two share an enclosure overlooking the hippo habitat, currently home to Poppy the pygmy hippo and her family, during the day. Ever the fierce friend, Kago can often be found standing guard ...

One of two as yet unnamed Panda cubs is seen near their keepers during a viewing by select visitors at an enclosure in Ocean ... similar to Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo in Thailand who took social ...

The zoo has sent two pairs toque macaques, two pairs of purple faced langurs, a pair of black palm civet, a pair of giant squirrel, a pair of pygmy hippopotamus ... cages are being replaced with more ...