I have written a summary of what was found at Nakhon Zoo on the 18th of Jan 2013, In the following link there are pictures of what we found, showing the horrific conditions these amazing animals suffered in. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152406613685405.946775.744620404&type=3 When we entered the zoo, it was first of all free and unmanned in an area where they are currently holding a Thai Music festival, It was around 3/4pm when we arrived and the festival team were warming up for the night which was clearly making the animals distressed, especially some of the monkeys. There was piles of rubble and litter almost everywhere, including the animals cages and pens..It seemed like there were some new bird enclosures in construction made from weak bendable wire. Im now going to list each animal enclosure in which order I saw them and their conditions, None of the animals were listed in english so Im going to try my best to list them best as I can. Ostrich/Emus: The enclosure was possibly the 3rd biggest one in the zoo and was unkempt and full with litter, the male Ostrich had a bad skin condition and he was clearly irritated by it, One smaller male was lying in the corner closest the pavement and he looked sickly, he also had an evident skin condition. The Emus looked in pretty good health.. Monkeys: There were at least 4 different spiecies : - Pig Tailed Macaque - Stump Tailed Macaque - Bear Macaque - Gibbons There was also about 5 or 6 Asian Bearcats. 2 had young, one baby was on the walkway as It had climbed through the bars, he returned after about 5 mins of being out, she seemed a little unconvinced that it was hers as he had obviously been picking up other smells on his travels. Several of the monkeys had skin conditions and evident mental heath conditions, they were all solitary, most of them were pacing their cages which were no bigger than 2wx2.5bx3.5h, there was one little chap eating at his right foot and repeatedly hitting himself in the face he was very disturbed and showing his teeth to passersby. Another monkey was sitting in the corner of his cage with his head against the wall, 2 males were fighting through the top bars of their cages over the wall separating them. The locks to the monkey enclosures were only a piece of wire that had been twisted to hold the doors shut. The gibbons had no swinging space and were sitting in a corner or trying to swing in circles. The one monkey that disturbed me the most was one in a small cage, he had no food, no water and his cage was about a metre each way, the floor of the cage was covered in litter including plastic bottles and packaging, he was quite interactive considering, he held my hand for a while and played with my bracelet. There was no stimulus for any of the monkeys, apart from the cola bottles they had been chewing on.. Eagles: There was 3 of these guys in a small bare cage. One had a broken leg, which had caused his working leg to become deformed at the claws due to strain on it. He was calling every few seconds and was clearly very distressed. The others were flying in circles and also very distressed. There were another few different kinds of eagles including a sea eagle who looked in good health but had no access to clean water and their cages were also full of litter.. Bengal Tiger: The tiger had a tiny enclosure compared to some of the other zoo animals, it was a female, she was very thin and listless, not interested in any of my calls. She had no clean water to swim, infact her swimming area was full of empty bottles and packaging and was heavily polluted with a shiny oil like shine on the top. She had no drinking water and no stimulus, including no trees of scratching areas. When I took pictures of her I was on the wall with access to her easily, Im not the most active of people so Im concerned that a child could very easily get in there. Himalayan Bear: The bear in a pretty big enclosure with several gates into back areas that were open, it had no clean water and its swimming area was very much the same as the tigers, he had a beautiful water feature that had dried up and obviously not been on for a long time due to the plants that were growing in it.. it had no vegetation or clean drinking water. His fur was in bad condition. Lots of litter in his enclosure. Toucans: Small enclosure, Broken nesting box ( hole in the bottom ), Litter in cage, wiring at the top was broken and replaced with a net which means theres a possibility of escape.. Monitor Lizard: Rotten chicken heads, one with possible broken leg, underweight, no clean water, tiny enclosure. Otters: 5 in one small cage, no drinking water, rotten fish, no food, no swimming water, crying loudly (including mother), Begging through bars, very dirty enclosure. Peacocks: Tiny cages, males unable to display as the roof is too low, no food or water, cage was around twice the size of a male with a large tail. Rabbits: Large enclosure, no grass, stone flooring, bad health problems, over breeding. Turtles: Polluted water, Rubbish in water, dead turtle in pond not far from enclosure, no clean water, One had a broken shell, (we also found a large terrapin on the other side of the zoo, he had obviously been put where he was as he was on a raised area beside bins, we carried him back to the enclosure.) Overall the majority of the enclosures were full of litter, lacking stimulus, lacking water and what water they did have was very dirty and polluted, the animals were disturbed and in bad heath. There were many animals which were in good health with nice coats and their feathers in good condition, this was most of the birds and some of the deers, even so how long will this be for? The whole experience had tainted my time in Nakhon and If it wasnt for the language barrier I would be over there begging to volunteer, if theres anything you can do I would be over the moon and I would love to help as much as possible. My only concern is time, I dont know how long some of these animals have left as they were in a bad way. Please let me know if you can help, I feel as if great things can be done to this place and they have some incredible animals there who are just waiting for what seems death... Thank you so much in advance! Amanda Napoli