After Rambo, Pong, Paeng, and Ginny – three tigers and one Asian black bear – leave for their new home today, the long, sorry tale of the Phuket Zoo will finally be over.
They were the final animals removed by the Wildlife Friends Foundation from the notoriously dire facility that finally shuttered during the pandemic.
“There were three tigers left who were all on their own, and one black bear, and now finally there are no more animals left in the zoo,” foundation founder Edwin Wiek told Coconuts today.
Phuket Zoo rescue: Tigers, bears, monkeys pack their bags for new home (Photos)
The nonprofit organization currently houses all the animals it’s taken from the zoo since late April in Phetchaburi province.
According to Wiek, the foundation still plans to rescue some monkeys and gibbons housed elsewhere by caretakers on the island.
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