Campaign to close down cruel monkey zoo and show

Please add your name to our letter and urge the Thai authorities to close down a monkey zoo and show on Koh Samui and retire the animals to a sanctuary.

A new undercover investigation has revealed heartbreaking conditions for animals at a monkey zoo and show on Koh Samui, in Thailand.

Dozens of monkeys, including infants, are being kept in tiny, rubbish-filled cages. Some even chained by their neck. Footage shows the primates frantically pacing back and forth non-stop, a sign of psychological despair called ‘zoocosis’.

Moved by their plight, Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) has launched a campaign calling for their rescue. As one of South East Asia’s largest animal sanctuaries across 90 hectares of forested land and an on-site wildlife hospital, we stand ready to assist in rehoming all the animals trapped in this hellhole.

In addition to the disturbing animal cruelty documented at the zoo, the investigation has unveiled alarming public health concerns. Many monkeys at the facility were observed coughing persistently, potentially indicating the presence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB).

What is particularly concerning is that visitors are actively encouraged to engage in physical interaction with the animals, including feeding, touching, and even hugging the coughing monkeys. Thailand’s burden of human TB is one of the highest in the world, and zoonotic transmission between infected humans and wild or captive macaques is an ongoing public health concern. With Koh Samui a hotspot for tourists around the world, there is legitimate concern about the public health risk posed by this facility.

For years, this zoo has been abusing animals and putting the public at risk. We must finally come together to put a stop to this.

Please sign and share the campaign calling for the zoo and show to be shut down immediately and the animals moved to an appropriate rescue centre. Together, we hope to give these animals the life they deserve.