Located on the 6th and 7th floors of the aging Pata Department Store, the Pata Zoo is being criticized by animal rights activists for having cramped, inadequate facilities. Bua Noi, the zoo's only gorilla, is seen in her enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Flamingos gather together at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  An albino macaque sits in its enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Bua Noi, the zoo's only gorilla, is seen in her enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  A spotted leopard rests in a corner of its enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  A ruffed lemur eats a treat on the concrete floor of its enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  An orangutan mother and her baby lay on the concrete floor of their enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  An employee transfers animals between pens at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Asiatic jackals are photographed in their enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Two fly river turtles are separated by a piece of plexiglass at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  An albino macaque is seen in its enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Bua Noi is seen in her enclosure at the Pata Zoo on Sept. 25, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. A recent campaign to free Bua Noi, the zoo's only gorilla, has received over 35,000 signatures and the chief of Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has agreed to meet with activists to discuss the matter.
The zoo on top of a Bangkok department store is said to house over 200 species of animals under cramped and inadequate conditions.