Ubon Ratchathani Zoo

I am not a lover of zoos.  This does not mean I am against them, because if they are managed correctly they do add to our understanding and education.  However, to see animals in their natural habitat is much more exhilerating and unpredictable.  I have seen lions in the wild on two occassions where I was able to get within feet of them as they basked in African sunshine after a successful night's hunting.  The excitement of finding a leopard on the plains of Africa makes the blood run fast through your veins, and being chased by a matriarch elephant is another close encounter you don't get in a zoo.
My visits to Africa include Kenya's Masi Mara where I went walkabout in the bush with a local Masi tribesman.  It includes a couple of days in the unique Ngorongoro crater, which some say is the Eighth wonder of the natural world, and Samburu where we ran the gauntlet against the 'Shifta' gangsters and required armed guards to protect the camp.  I have travelled on the Okavango Delta in Botswana, visited Namibia's Etosha game reserve where we punctured a tyre in the middle of nowhere! The wild remote environments of the Botswana's Makgadikgadi Pans and Namibia's Skeleton Coast, only add to my perception that animals kept in zoos are deprived from their natural habitats and climates. 
Anyway, zoos are zoos and with nothing better to do on a rainy Wednesday we decided to visit Ubon Ratchathani's Tiger Kingdom and Zoo.
Like most places in this area, it does not exactly have a clean welcome appearance, but looks can be deceiving so we paid 30 baht each and wandered in as the first visitors of the day.
The first animals to be seen are the tigers.  There are lots of them, about fifteen or sixteen, and are kept in individual cages. 
We found leopards, a baby tiger, a black bear, a python, crocodiles, deer, various birds and a variety of monkeys.  There is a pond with large ravenous fish you invited to feed for 10 baht a bag.
Curiously there is a cow with five legs.  I kid you not.  It was quite comfortable lying on the ground, but quite clearly you could see a fifth leg coming out of its back.
I want you to make up your own mind about the zoo by watching the video;