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Zoo clarifies welfare of 'Moo Deng'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2026
» Chon Buri: Khao Kheow Open Zoo has issued a statement addressing concerns over the living conditions of viral baby pygmy hippo "Moo Deng" while announcing plans for a habitat expansion.
Dying child was granted final wish, to visit Moo Deng
Online Reporters, Published on 02/06/2025
» CHON BURI - A terminally ill six-year-old whose biggest dream was to visit the pygmy hippo Moo Deng at Khao Kheow Open Zoo has passed away, having been granted his dying wish.
Salt reduction plan seen as key to curbing NCDs
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/12/2024
» The Public Health Ministry has announced measures to reduce salt and sodium consumption, aiming to reduce the problem of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Zoo assures fans Moo Deng did not eat tissue paper
News, Online Reporters, Published on 10/12/2024
» Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri province has assured Moo Deng’s fans that a tourist did not drop the piece of tissue paper she was seen chewing on in her enclosure - a monkey did it.
Institute hails progress in child heart procedures
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 02/12/2024
» About 4,000 babies are born with congenital heart disease each year, with 10% having severe heart disease needing urgent treatment, says the Department of Medical Services (DMS).
Thai zoos to expand ‘Moo’ population
News, Online Reporters, Published on 27/11/2024
» Plans are under way for the older brother of the celebrity hippo Moo Deng to mate with Moo Manao of the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo to expand the pygmy hippopotamus population in Thailand.
Ethereum co-founder visits Moo Deng
Online Reporters, Published on 19/11/2024
» Ethereum blockchain co-founder Vitalik Buterin has visited the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri to see star attraction Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo, and the other animals.
Whooping cough vaccine urged for children
Post Reporters and Online Reporters, Published on 13/11/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health is encouraging people, especially children and those in physical contact with them, to get vaccinated against whooping cough, after it started spreading in a Bangkok school.
Moo Deng rewarded for picking Trump
Onnucha Hutasingh and Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 08/11/2024
» The celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng was given a special mixed fruit platter on Friday as a reward after she “predicted” that Donald Trump would win the US presidential election.
Zoo body slams monastery's use of hippo
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/11/2024
» The Zoological Park Organization has slammed a Buddhist monastery for using the image of "Moo Deng", the pygmy hippo and social media sensation, to produce Moo Deng trinkets used as sacred objects for wealth.