Overview

• Moo Deng celebrated her first birthday on July 10, 2025, kicking off a four-day festival at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province.
• Children aged 12 and under receive free admission throughout the celebrations to boost family participation.
• A skincare sponsor paid 100,000 baht for a tropical fruit “birthday cake,” with all funds designated for a wildlife conservation fund.
• Zoo keepers auctioned Moo Deng’s plastic bathtub for 70,000 baht and a footprint cast for 700,000 baht, directing proceeds to endangered-species initiatives.
• Visitor turnout reached about 12,000 on the festival’s opening day and has since stabilized below last year’s peak as the zoo enforces crowd-control and CCTV monitoring to protect Moo Deng’s welfare.