
Seven storeys above a shop floor hawking cheap perfume and nylon underwear, the “shopping mall gorilla” Bua Noi sits alone in a cage — her home for 30 years despire a reignited row over her captivity.
Activists around the world have long campaigned for the primate to be moved from Pata Zoo, located on top of a mall on the west side of the Chao Phraya Tiver, with singer Cher and actor Gillian Anderson adding their voices in 2020.