Bangkok’s hell-for-animals zoo files bankruptcy, future uncertain

A zoo infamous for exploiting animals and keeping them in dire conditions has filed for bankruptcy and could soon close, leading animal rights campaigners to declare victory.

Billed as Thailand’s first – and the world’s largest – crocodile farm, the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo is heading toward liquidation after 71 years, as just announced in the Royal Gazette, though a zoo representative today denied it is closing.

Word of the tourism-dependent zoo’s financial collapse was hailed as a victory Friday morning by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.

“The Samutprakan Zoo was hell on Earth for animals, but thanks to PETA, WFFT, and online pressure by concerned people around the world, their prolonged suffering will finally come to an end,” said PETA Senior Vice President Jason Baker.

PETA may take credit, but the zoo’s management had for many…

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