The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand ... job at the zoo because his mother was a caddy at a nearby golf course. Instead of driving food delivery trucks for the animals, Mr ...

Visitors pay to take pictures with the animals. At Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Chon Buri, Thailand, cubs taken from their mothers at birth are kept in small cages and brought out for photo ops.

But the crowd of visitors at the privately run Pata Zoo on the roof of an old Bangkok mall wants to see more of the female gorilla. An employee lures Bua Noi ("Little Lotus") with a sachet of milk.