Could this be the ''world's loneliest gorilla''?

Pata Zoo is located on the 6th and 7th floors of the Pata Pinklao Department Store in Bangkok and is where Bua Noi has spent her life in a cage since 1988, according to The Guardian.

PETA Asia previously described it as “one of the saddest places in the world” and called for it to be shut down after an investigation revealed that the animals were confined to concrete cells with no physical or mental stimulation, The Telegraph added.

Last week, Cher travelled to a sanctuary in Cambodia following a successful campaign to relocate Kaavan, the “world’s loneliest elephant,” from a controversial zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan.



Cher wrote to Thailand’s Environmental Minister, Varawut Silpa-archa, in a letter dated December 5. She asked him to “find it in his heart” to help release the gorilla, according to The Washington Post. She said that Free the Wild, a charity which she co-founded, has teamed up with the Aspinall Foundation to fund Bua Noi’s transfer to a sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo, The Guardian reported. The letter referred to the sanctuary as “a home of peace and dignity where she could live out her life in a natural environment and companionship with other species,” The Guardian added.

Silpa-archa responded that the zoo was now devising a plan to relocate the animals and that the plight of the zoo’s lone gorilla had not been forgotten, according to Sky News. He said: “I, myself as minister in charge of wildlife conservation, have given instruction to the relevant agencies in order to find the best solution for a better life of Bua Noi.”

Pata Zoo also made headlines after an image appeared to show the gorilla appearing to weep in its cage, which led to the actress Gillian Anderson calling for its closure in May this year.

However, Kanit Sermsirimongkol, the Zoo Director, has rejected the criticism and told Sky News that enclosures were spacious, disinfected daily, and that the gorilla eats two kilograms of fruit and vegetables every day and has access to sunlight. He said: “Pata Zoo would like to clarify the news on social media which provides inaccurate information about Pata Zoo by using personal feelings to judge rather than reasons and facts. “It creates a buzz with distorted information such as the gorilla shows grief and cries. In fact, gorillas cannot cry because they do not have lacrimal glands like humans.”

He added that animals raised in the zoo could not be released to survive in the wild as they are accustomed to the zoo environment. According to The Washington Post, Sermsirimongkol also said: “Want to send her back to nature? We should think about the animals’ quality of life in the jungle. They are under threat from diseases like AIDS and Ebola, as well as civil wars and poachers.”



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Are celebrities exempt from quarantine upon arrival in Cambodia ?

John Bingham wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:15 am

jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:15 pm Are celebrities exempt from quarantine upon arrival in Cambodia ?

No, they did some special arrangement where she had very limited contact with anyone. She has also been living relatively isolated in Malibu so there was little risk. I'm not sure where they are going to relocate this gorilla though.

I also have little contact with anybody and have been living in isolation in Siem Reap. No exemption for me though. Of course celebrities, okhnas, and their wives are exempt from quarantine and most other laws as they wish. Did you ever doubt it?

I saw that gorilla about 1980. It was a terrible situation.

Cher is OK but does anybody give a rat's ass what she thinks or says or does? Did she kill Sonny? RIP