At the start of each year every animal must be counted, from the tallest of giraffes right down to the scurrying colonies of ...

Moo Deng is a baby female pygmy hippo at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo (Getty Images) It wasn’t just that her name translated ... also captivated by the baby animal’s displays of lethargic ...

Born on July 10, Moo Deng – whose name translates to “bouncing pig”, a Thai meatball dish – catapulted into internet meme status when images of her shared by the zoo went viral in September.

“This birth was unique as it was the first time Iris gave birth in water,” the zoo said ... a seemingly endless appetite for images and videos of cute animals. Baby pygmy hippos are ...

Warning: This article contains images of injuries to animals some readers may find distressing. It has held the licence for the zoo since 2017 ... Authority under the name New Roots Holding ...

Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the ...

But, in seedy ‘pits’ across the country; there was a barbaric activity at play. Defenceless animals were being thrown into ...

The donation will support "the operations of Khao Kheow Open Zoo ... name, chosen through a public poll, translates to "bouncy pork" or "bouncy pig" in English. The months-old animal shot to ...