T - animal abuse, Pata "zoo", Bangkok

"I will NOT remain silent. I will speak for those who cannot, or will not speak, and it will hurt."

Daharja

Important update and news April 30, 2008:
THE PROBLEM (AND THE EXCUSE) OF RELOCATING THE ANIMALS IS NOT RELEVANT ANYMORE: TO-DAY I GOT THE OFFER THAT ALL THE ANIMALS CAN BE RELOCATED IN THAILAND TO A BIG CENTER, UNDER CONDITIONS 1000 TIMES BETTER THAN THEY WERE WITH EVEN A MEDICAL CENTER AND A VET IN FULL SERVICE. FINANCING THE OPERATION IS NOT A PROBLEM EITHER!!!!!!!

How You Can Help the Rooftop Animals

It is appalling that Thailand allows caged animals to be maintained on top of a department store in what is clearly still a death-trap. In the event of another fire, there would be no escape for the animals and they would die horrible deaths. Further the living conditions in the Pata Department Store of the animals are totally unacceptable. Please send letters to the Thai officials requesting that Thailand ban the keeping of wildlife in substandard facilities, especially in situations such as the top floors of high-rise buildings. The addresses can be found at THIS LINK
mistifarang, 30-4-2008

Pata Zoo's 'location in shopping mall not appropriate' (The Nation), READ MORE


THAILAND: What do animals need?
16.oct.07 Bangkok Post

Piyaporn Wongruang and Anchalee Kongrut

"Animal overcrowding at some zoos in the country has, according to this story, highlighted the debate over whether zoo management practices should be overhauled." The story continued HERE
more PATA “ZOO” images
haha, so funny....
webshots
theblogthatbelongstodavid
Koh Cafe by Kohsija (Video of a TV-interview in Thai)
Bangkok Post
”Thai menagerie” by IPPL
IPPL (international Primate Protection League)
”to-day at Spike” (video)
NATUREALERT
PATA Zoo in Thailand first investigate 8/10/2550 (Thai language)

Born To Be Wild: In the heart of the sprawling, chokingly polluted city of Bangkok, there is an appalling zoo on top of the Pata department store. I had visited this horrific place years ago, but asked another friend to check it out for me this August. It really is a wild animals worst possible nightmare. For most people it is extremely upsetting. What follows is the report I received

"The cruel wild beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He stands in front of it."

(Axel Munthe)

Here an extract from the “Expedition Report 2000”:

“IN THE COILS OF THE NAGA”
by
Richard Freeman

"On the roof of the building the mammals and birds are kept in truly appalling conditions. I am an ardent supporter of responsible zoos with good breeding programmes - they are vital to save many endangered species. But slapdash holes like Pata zoo belong in the dark ages." CONTINU HERE


This set has been once updated (contains 68 photos now)
and it is useless I think to make more photos or it should be on a weekend when several animals has to behave as a circus-attraction (you know: dressed etc.) to attract more visitors. Pata “zoo” (Pata Zoo Co. Ltd.) is a “department” of Pata shopping mall and is only there to draw more clients to the mall; when a Thai family visits the “zoo” they go down afterwards and are buying and, at least, eating something. As the mall is mainly for locals who know nothing about the modern zoo-standards and for who is a zoo a zoo and that means animals behind bars: “they are treated, fed and cared for well so what’s the problem”? Foreigners are visiting this mall rarely so the objections are not that big unfortunately.
The naked fact at the moment is that everybody who rejects this “zoo” has been blocked by weak and insufficient Thai laws.
You can read about this in my mentioned blog and you can find one page with addresses where the world can leave complaints. I (we) need this help from abroad because, for example, the Thai Tourist Board is very conscious to loose tourism. The more worldwide complaints are coming to the authorities the better as I said before we, in Thailand, has been blocked by the arrogance of the management and the weak laws.
I hope you, family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and newspapers are willing and able to do something. Also the international animal-protection organizations are important: their voice can be strong!
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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win".

Ghandi

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When something has to be done, we need to do it. It doesn't matter how big the challenge is or how hard the solution; if I know something is wrong, and I am in a position to help, I will do my best to make it right."

Duncan Bannatyne

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items are from between 20 Nov 2007 & 20 Mar 2008.