Bua is loved “like their own daughter” by the zoo’s owner, who also assures the public that she is in good care.
However, PETA Asia chief Jason Baker denounces the allegations. He is said to have stated: “Bua Noi the gorilla is suffering from extreme psychological distress.
In the concrete enclosure to which she has been confined alone for nearly 40 years, longer than most Thai people have been alive.”
He continues: “PETA has repeatedly offered to move her and every other animal at Pata Zoo to respectable sanctuaries, where they would have grass to roll in,
Trees to climb, and other animals to interact with,” he says. It is well acknowledged that this dilapidated establishment is among the worst zoos in the planet. All of the animals kept.
