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'Hippo Birthday': Thailand's Moo Deng Marks One Year Old

CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND, JUL 10 – Moo Deng’s first birthday celebration highlights the zoo’s visitor surge to nearly 600,000 and supports wildlife conservation with a 100,000 baht donation, staff said.

  • Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo famous for her charming personality, celebrated her one-year anniversary on July 10, 2025, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand.
  • Moo Deng rose to internet fame shortly after her birth on July 10, 2024, driven by her cute antics and social media virality.
  • The zoo celebrated with a four-day festival including a lecture on her cheekiness, and a fan sponsored a 100,000 baht birthday cake benefiting wildlife conservation.
  • Academician Joshua Paul Dale suggested that our fondness for cuteness may stem in part from the understanding that this quality is fleeting.
  • Moo Deng's popularity boosted zoo visitors to nearly 600,000 by late 2024 and helped raise awareness of endangered pygmy hippos, with about 2,500 left worldwide.
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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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