I have a new story at the Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia Real Time blog today. The headline: “Another Bangkok Zoo Gets Hit By Flooding.”
It starts:
Another zoo in the Bangkok area has been hit as floodwaters continue to swamp the city.
Proprietors at Safari World – among the more popular destinations for families here – said they shut down the facility on Thursday after authorities opened a flood gate at a nearby canal following demonstrations by local residents, causing the zoo’s flooding defenses to be overwhelmed.
The animals inside the facility are not at risk — for now. But the situation has forced officials at the 500-acre complex to scramble to find dry ground for the lions, tigers, zebras, giraffes and other animals that roam there.
(Click through for a photo of zebras splashing through the floodwaters.)