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Thousands celebrate baby hippo Moo Deng’s first birthday at Thailand zoo
CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND, JUL 10 – Moo Deng’s first birthday celebration highlights the zoo’s visitor surge to nearly 600,000 and supports wildlife conservation with a 100,000 baht donation, staff said.
- Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo held a four-day festival starting July 10, 2025, to celebrate Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo's first birthday.
- Moo Deng rose to internet fame soon after being born on July 10, 2024, as her keeper shared videos that attracted millions of fans worldwide.
- The zoo experienced a tripling of visitors to nearly 600,000 in late 2024, and fans from countries including the US and Malaysia traveled to join the birthday celebrations.
- Zoo director Narongwit Chodchoy said visitor numbers reached 12,000 by Thursday afternoon, and a fan paid 100,000 baht to sponsor a fruit-festooned birthday cake benefiting conservation funds.
- Though Moo Deng's popularity has declined since a late 2024 peak, experts say her early fame may support ongoing awareness for the endangered pygmy hippo species.
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Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation. The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was overrun with Moo Deng fans on the first of four days of activities...
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