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Mekong Island Zoo in Cambodia
Mekong Island Zoo Type zoo Owner Address
Koh Okhna Tey Place
Phnom Penh Province
Kandal Province Country
Cambodia Directors Key People Veterinarians Elephant department Head keepers Elephant keepers Record history History of updates 2020-09-25 Latest document update 2020-10-30 07:03:11 Random literature As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases
Description
Mekong Island Zoo, located at Koh Okhna Tey, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Comments / pictures Three elephants are also based in a private zoo, owned by a Frenchman, on an island in the Mekong River, close to Phnom Penh. (FAO)Some years ago, desperate for new ways to entertain foreign tourists in Phnom Penh, the Ministry granted a lease of the island to a Frenchman who organized boat journeys up the Mekong, the climax of which were lunch and a cultural show - music and classical dancing - on the island. He also established a small zoo, something which is extremely easy to do in Cambodia where wild animals are freely available (the parking lot to my hotel in Phnom Penh contained two pythons, a baby bear, a macaque and a gibbon - this last a member of an endangered Species
- keeping uneasy company with numerous rabbits and hamsters). References for records about Mekong Island Zoo
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Mekong Island Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2097 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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