Gorilla Bua Noi has been kept alone in Bangkok's private zoo "Pata Zoo" for more than 30 years.

(AFP)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A gorilla named "Bua Noi" (meaning little lotus) has been kept in captivity on the 6th and 7th floors of a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, for more than 30 years. It can be seen from the photos exposed by foreign media Bua Noi's eyes reveal sorrow, and recently outside animal protection activists have started calling for the improvement of the poor orangutan's living environment.

"Bangkok Post" reported that after Bua Noi was born in 1992, he was sold from Germany to Thailand and kept in the private air zoo "Pata Pinklao" on the 6th and 7th floors of the "Pata Pinklao" department store in Bangkok. Zoo" (Pata Zoo).

In the past 31 years, many tourists have seen it rolling anxiously in the cage, pulling its hair, etc., feel sorry for its situation and ask the zoo to improve the living environment of the orangutan, or give up the ownership of this critically endangered species.

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However, Bua Noi is the private property of a Bangkok family, which has always resisted pressure from the government and the public, making it difficult to realize the relevant demands.

Recently, the situation of Bua Noi has received attention again because Pata Zoo offered a reward of 100,000 baht (approximately NT$90,000) for tipsters to find out who painted the slogan "Release the little lotus!" on the exterior wall of the department store. .

The "Bangkok Post" stated that Patta Zoo has not responded to the criticism from the outside world.

Gorilla Bua Noi has been kept alone in Bangkok's private zoo "Pata Zoo" for more than 30 years.

(European News Agency)

Gorilla Bua Noi has been kept alone in Bangkok's private zoo "Pata Zoo" for more than 30 years.

(European News Agency)