‘Bin Laden’ the giraffe moved from Dusit to Khao Khiao Open Zoo

[snoop1130]

‘Bin Laden’ the giraffe moved from Dusit to Khao Khiao Open Zoo

By The Nation

 

 

Officials transported a more than 4-metre-tall giraffe from Dusit Zoo in Bangkok to the Khao Khiao Open Zoo early Tuesday.

 

The giraffe, called Bin Laden, was put inside a large box aboard a truck and left the now-closed Dusit Zoo at 3am, reaching its destination in Chon Buri at 7am.

 

The truck was driven on the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway, with a Highway Police vehicle leading the way to make sure it travelled without any hindrance.

 

The giraffe was accompanied by Dusit Zoo officials and a team of veterinarians.

 

Khao Khiao Open Zoo announced that the transportation of the animal had been planned for over a month, and that the route had been carefully chosen as it had no flyovers, given the height of the giraffe.

 

Bin Laden is a giraffe of the G camelopardalis species, which is different from the G reticulata giraffes kept at the zoo, so it will kept separately from them, Khao Khiao Open Zoo explained.

 

Giraffes are the last kind of animals being transported from Dusit Zoo following its closure last year. 

 

Bin Laden’s mate currently remains at Dusit Zoo but will be moved to rejoin its partner soon, the Khao Khiao zoo said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30362300

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-1-15

[Just1Voice]

Surely they could have come up with a better name for the critter.lol

[DrTuner]

I've met him, seems more stable than his namesake. Chok dee with the new place.

[RotBenz8888]

 

19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Bin Laden’s mate currently remains at Dusit Zoo but will be moved to rejoin its partner soon, the Khao Khiao zoo said.

Chemical Ali?

[Justgrazing]

Expect a missile strike on Khao Khiao before too long .. 

[Cadbury]

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The giraffe, called Bin Laden, was put inside a large box aboard a truck and left the now-closed Dusit Zoo at 3am, reaching its destination in Chon Buri at 7am.

It was lucky Bin Laden didn't die in a road accident. Between 3 am and 7 am is about the time Thai drivers usually go to sleep. 

[RotBenz8888]

4 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

 

It was lucky Bin Laden didn't die in a road accident. Between 3 am and 7 am is about the time Thai drivers usually go to sleep. 

He had "Heads-Up"(4 meters) all the way.

[ZeVonderBearz]

He needs to be careful. Bet there's some construction tycoons who'd love a giraffe on their wall.

[mok199]

...what next Hitler the hippo...clueless in thailand

[IAMHERE]

14 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Surely they could have come up with a better name for the critter.lol

Bangkok Bob ?

[lamyai3]

On 1/15/2019 at 7:25 PM, snoop1130 said:

‘Bin Laden’ the giraffe

He was given this name several years ago, after escaping his enclosure and flattening the twin toilets.