Overview

• More than 12,000 visitors attended the opening day of Moo Deng’s four-day first birthday festival on July 10 at Khao Kheow Open Zoo.
• Children under 12 receive free admission throughout the extravaganza.
• A skincare beautician paid 100,000 baht to sponsor Moo Deng’s fruit-festooned birthday cake, with proceeds supporting a wildlife conservation fund.
• Fans bid on the hippo’s personal items, including her plastic bathtub and footprint casts, in a charity auction benefiting the zoo’s conservation programmes.
• Festival attractions include a photo exhibit tracing Moo Deng’s rise to fame, mascot parades and meet and greet events with celebrities.