PETA has also made posts commenting on her captivity, a move the Thai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals criticized while defending Moo Deng's care. Users pointed out that the ...

The talk of Thailand since last year has been Moo Deng, the toddler pygmy hippopotamus who became an internet celebrity.

They say anyone can become famous these days, but Moo Deng isn't just anyone. The pygmy hippopotamus, who became an internet ...

Campaigners have urged Brits on holiday not to visit famous animals in zoos including a pygmy hippo who became an unwilling internet star after her keeper posted an image on Instagram. Moo Deng ...

While based in Thailand to film White Lotus season 3, two lucky cast members got the chance to meet Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippopotamus. Sam Nivola, 21, and his costar Sarah Catherine Hook, 29, ...

the calf is “the cutest animal of 2025.” “Move over, Moo Deng,” co-host Savannah Guthrie said, as footage aired of a Thailand zoo’s pygmy hippopotamus, who became an internet sensation ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who ...

But Moo Deng’s sudden celebrity was not merely a result of cute animal worship or the fact that the pygmy hippo, native to West Africa, is an endangered species. While she was gestating in her ...

The zoo was forced to defend itself after animal rights groups condemned Moo Deng's stardom as glorifying the practice of breeding animals into a "lifetime of confinement". Still, it's a better ...

where you can get creative by colouring various animals – including Moo Deng, elephants and capybaras. Once you’re done, scan your masterpiece and watch it appear on the surrounding walls ...

While Moo Deng got famous for videos of her playing ... Pilié said he loved that the zoo did not have traditional pens for the animals and gave them more free range. "It's so opening and ...