Sriayuthaya Lion Park : Update 11 May 2025

Zz123

Zz123

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I guess many of you have already seen the review of this place in "Snowleopard's 2024 Road Trip: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia," so I just wanted to share a few extra details and give an update on the species I saw.

This private zoo was founded by a wealthy businessman who made his fortune from crocodile farming. He has a deep love for animals and a passion for keeping 100 lions and tigers, which ultimately led him to create this zoo. It’s located in Ayutthaya Province, north of Bangkok, about 1.5 to 2 hours by car from Bangkok (approximately 100 km).

This medium-sized zoo, covering around 10 hectares (25 acres), is packed with over 100 species of animals. Some of the enclosures are pretty old-school, with concrete floors, metal bars, and spaces that feel too small, while others are newer and look a bit nicer. Overall, though, I wasn’t particularly impressed with the exhibits.

The zoo is home to several rare species, including what appears to be all species of douc langurs — possibly the only place outside Vietnam where you can see them all. This impressive collection, however, does raise questions about how some of these rare animals were obtained.

Here’s a list of the animals I saw. Sorry I didn’t manage to note all the birds and reptiles.

Asian Elephant
Common Hippo
Giraffe
Plains Zebra
Gaur
South American tapir
Dromedary
Aoudad
Southern Red Muntjac
Javan Rusa deer, Fallow deer , Red deer , Spotted deer (I got this from the sign. They’re kept together, so I couldn’t really tell if all of them were there)
Hog deer
Lesser Mouse-deer
Alpaca
Llama
Tiger (White & Normal)
African Lion (White & Normal)
Liger , Li-liger
Jaguar
Indochinese leopard
Sunda clouded leopard
Caracal
Serval
Sand Cat
Sloth Bear
Moon Bear
Bat-eared Fox
Fennec fox
Giant Anteater
Tamandua
Aardvark
Meerkat
Binturong
African civet
Raccoon
South American coati
African crested porcupine
Nine-banded armadillo
Patagonian mara
Capybara
Prairie Dog
Two-toed Sloth
Red Kangaroo
Grizzled Tree Kangaroo
Red-necked Wallaby
Dusky pademelon
Red panda
Spotted hyena
Striped hyena
Domestic sheep , goat , rabbit , Pony

Orangutan
Chimpanzee
White-handed Gibbon
White-cheeked Gibbon
Red-shanked Douc Langur
Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Black-shanked Douc Langur
Laotian langur
Stump-tailed Macaque
Crab-eating Macaque
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Sulawesi Crested Macaque
Colobus Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Black-crested Mangabey
Golden-bellied Mangabey
Red-faced Spider Monkey
Bearded Saki
Red-tailed Monkey
L'Hoest's monkey
Campbell's Mona Monkey
Squirrel Monkey
Tufted Capuchin
Golden-handed Tamarin
Cotton-top Tamarin
Common Marmoset
White-headed Marmoset
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Silvery Greater Galago

Komodo dragon
Siamese crocodile
Siamese crocodile
Saltwater crocodile
Green anaconda
Green iguana
Sulcata tortoise

Steller's sea eagle
Bald eagle
Golden eagle
Crowned eagle
Harris's hawk
King vulture
Siberian eagle owl
Black curassow
Toco toucan
White-throated toucan
Cuvier's toucan
Southern Ground hornbill
Great hornbill
Black-casqued hornbill
Grey-winged trumpeter
Cassowary
Ostrich
Rhea
Yellow-crowned amazon
Crowned crane
Crowned pigeon
Flamingo
Great white pelican
Pheasants and macaws

Arapaima
 
Zz123 said:
I guess many of you have already seen the review of this place in "Snowleopard's 2024 Road Trip: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia," so I just wanted to share a few extra details and give an update on the species I saw.

This private zoo was founded by a wealthy businessman who made his fortune from crocodile farming. He has a deep love for animals and a passion for keeping 100 lions and tigers, which ultimately led him to create this zoo. It’s located in Ayutthaya Province, north of Bangkok, about 1.5 to 2 hours by car from Bangkok (approximately 100 km).

This medium-sized zoo, covering around 10 hectares (25 acres), is packed with over 100 species of animals. Some of the enclosures are pretty old-school, with concrete floors, metal bars, and spaces that feel too small, while others are newer and look a bit nicer. Overall, though, I wasn’t particularly impressed with the exhibits.

The zoo is home to several rare species, including what appears to be all species of douc langurs — possibly the only place outside Vietnam where you can see them all. This impressive collection, however, does raise questions about how some of these rare animals were obtained.

Here’s a list of the animals I saw. Sorry I didn’t manage to note all the birds and reptiles.

Asian Elephant
Common Hippo
Giraffe
Plains Zebra
Gaur
South American tapir
Dromedary
Aoudad
Southern Red Muntjac
Javan Rusa deer, Fallow deer , Red deer , Spotted deer (I got this from the sign. They’re kept together, so I couldn’t really tell if all of them were there)
Hog deer
Lesser Mouse-deer
Alpaca
Llama
Tiger (White & Normal)
African Lion (White & Normal)
Liger , Li-liger
Jaguar
Indochinese leopard
Sunda clouded leopard
Caracal
Serval
Sand Cat
Sloth Bear
Moon Bear
Bat-eared Fox
Fennec fox
Giant Anteater
Tamandua
Aardvark
Meerkat
Binturong
African civet
Raccoon
South American coati
African crested porcupine
Nine-banded armadillo
Patagonian mara
Capybara
Prairie Dog
Two-toed Sloth
Red Kangaroo
Grizzled Tree Kangaroo
Red-necked Wallaby
Dusky pademelon
Red panda
Spotted hyena
Striped hyena
Domestic sheep , goat , rabbit , Pony

Orangutan
Chimpanzee
White-handed Gibbon
White-cheeked Gibbon
Red-shanked Douc Langur
Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Black-shanked Douc Langur
Laotian langur
Stump-tailed Macaque
Crab-eating Macaque
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Sulawesi Crested Macaque
Colobus Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Black-crested Mangabey
Golden-bellied Mangabey
Red-faced Spider Monkey
Bearded Saki
Red-tailed Monkey
L'Hoest's monkey
Campbell's Mona Monkey
Squirrel Monkey
Tufted Capuchin
Golden-handed Tamarin
Cotton-top Tamarin
Common Marmoset
White-headed Marmoset
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Silvery Greater Galago

Komodo dragon
Siamese crocodile
Siamese crocodile
Saltwater crocodile
Green anaconda
Green iguana
Sulcata tortoise

Steller's sea eagle
Bald eagle
Golden eagle
Crowned eagle
Harris's hawk
King vulture
Siberian eagle owl
Black curassow
Toco toucan
White-throated toucan
Cuvier's toucan
Southern Ground hornbill
Great hornbill
Black-casqued hornbill
Grey-winged trumpeter
Cassowary
Ostrich
Rhea
Yellow-crowned amazon
Crowned crane
Crowned pigeon
Flamingo
Great white pelican
Pheasants and macaws

Arapaima
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Impressive list of animals on the collection. You are right to be somewhat critical how some of the species may have been obtained.
 
Wanderer said:
I found an article from 2023 about smuggled tree-kangaroos in Ambon, Indonesia that suggests the trade of those animals is illegal in Indonesia. The grizzled tree-kangaroo is also found in Papua New Guinea though.

7 Kangguru Pohon Asal Papua Diamankan di Pelabuhan Ambon - WAGADEI.ID - Ko Baca, Biar Ko Tahu!
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Personally, I think it's possible that the Grizzled Tree Kangaroo kept at Sriayuthaya Lion Park may have come legally from a zoo in Indonesia. Why do you think it's an illegally imported individual?
 
I didn't make any comment about the ones at Sriayuthaya Lion Park, I have no information about that. What I am saying is, the article explicitly states that the trade of this species is illegal in Indonesia. So that's one thing to take into consideration.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Is this a first for Thailand?
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Spotted Hyena
They are not a first-time birth in Thailand. Some of the zoos under the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand have already successfully bred them — I think Khao Kheow Open Zoo might be among them.

Striped Hyena
From the information I have, this is the first public zoo in Thailand to have successfully bred them. It’s actually the second litter here at Sri Ayutthaya.

Grizzled Tree-Kangaroo
Safari World is the first public zoo in Thailand to have successfully bred this species.

I don’t have any information about private collections that are not open to the public.
 
Zz123 said:
Spotted Hyena
They are not a first-time birth in Thailand. Some of the zoos under the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand have already successfully bred them — I think Khao Kheow Open Zoo might be among them.

Striped Hyena
From the information I have, this is the first public zoo in Thailand to have successfully bred them. It’s actually the second litter here at Sri Ayutthaya.

Grizzled Tree-Kangaroo
Safari World is the first public zoo in Thailand to have successfully bred this species.

I don’t have any information about private collections that are not open to the public.
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Thank You so much Zz123. Sure I did not explicitly said, but my query was about the grizzled tree kangaroo breeding!

Be interesting to know what the status for grizzled tree kangaroo is these days both in Indonesia and Thailand (as you signal more zoos in Thailand keep them). I would suspect the species may be around in other S.E. Asian countries too.
 
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