Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo
Thailand's Jurassic Park
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This place is possibly one of the crulest places on earth! You only have to visit this website http://www.monkeyworld.org/ to find out why.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 22 2008
This was my first time coming here. I have to say that I am glad to be Thai, cause I only paid 60 thb compared to 300 thb for tourist, and that is where the line is drawn. First of 300 thb is way overpiced, the most I would pay is 100 thb, the place is old and very dirty.
Reviewed by: Kevin K from on Feb 29 2008
I am an American living in Bangkok and have visited this Crocodile farm two different times. On the good side of things, you get to see a lot of interesting animals in a short amount of time. For very little money, my family could all feed hippos, elephants, monkeys, turtles, goats and crocodiles (my personal favorite). We enjoyed the elephant and crocodile show, but opted not to attend the monkey show when we saw they were in makeup and costumes (seemed to cross the line for me).
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 26 2007
First off, after reading all of the reviews I feel that there are many misunderstandings. I personally have been there several times and also to Gator and Croc Farms in the USA and I go to Thailand every year. So please let me clarify some stuff up. For example the "poor dog" from the most recent review was not just put in that cage with the lonely dying tiger, the dog and the tiger are friends with spent most of their lives together just like Coco the gorilla and the kitten and I didn't see anyone say "oh my god they put that poor little kitten with that big gorilla". I'm not saying that they treat their animals to our standards here in the USA but just like in Florida they breed and harvest the crocodiles and alligators for their skin to prevent over killing by poachers which eventually leads to extinction. It is unfortunate that you had to hear the crocodiles being shot while you were watching the elephant show but are you sure that was what was really going on? If it was sorry to hear that, because that would really be disturbing. I do think that they should spend more money on reconstruction of the animal habitat, I mean it would be nice to see the crocs go and sun bath on land with sand or dirt rather than hot concrete however, think about how hard it would be to remove 100s (and boy do I mean hundreds) of wild crocodiles that are at least 10 feet to almost 20 feet in length, not so easy huh? In regards to the tigers being drugged I can't really say they kind of seem like the tigers here in the States except for the fact that the climate is much hotter in Thailand than it is here and if you were there all day all you'll probably want to do is sleep too. As for the monkeys I do agree that they should not be put in such an embarrassing predicament. Unfortunately the monkeys aren't just treated like that there it's everywhere. In regards to the money and fees paid is very little and think about how many people work there and how many animals need to be feed, I'm quite sure that the fees paid goes to maintaining the place as much as they can even though it might not be what we expect. I wish the animals receive more respect and a better home to live in and that us humans would find a better means of not exploiting animals for money but I do understand that life is though and they only do what they need to do to survive wouldn't you? If there was a way to help out both animals and the humans that rely on them what would it be?
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Oct 18 2006
I visited in May and was completely saddened by the inhumane conditions. Elephants are tied up with no room to walk until their shows, where handlers use bullhooks and punch them. Tigers and panthers are drugged up. Sick dogs were put into a cage with a tiger that seemed to be dying itself. Monkeys were also abused.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 18 2006
I visited this park not out of choice, but because our boat driver dropped us off at this awful tourist trap. A tiger in the tiniest of enclosures, which from its behaviour has clearly long given up; bears and a multitude of other animals all trapped behind bars, with no protection from the unforgiving sun and their cages in a state of filth. Giant fish in tanks where the festering water covered less than half of their bodies. And worst of all, camera-snapping tourists largely oblivious to the dreadful conditions that these animals have to live through day by day, at the cost of our amusement. I'm writing this now (several months after my trip) after having just read a poem by rilke ( in english, 'the black panther') which beautifully describes the suffering of an animal behind bars.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on May 31 2006
It is clear from the start this is a tourist set up. The animals don't look too happy, and tourists are being coached into buying food for the hungry animals. Leaves me with a nasty after taste, sorry. Initially my kids, 12 and 8, did not see it, and they were impressed. Till I explained a bit, then they understood this is not the way how animals should be treated.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 30 2006
i like this place so much, there's a lot of variaties of animal. Not only crocodiles, but also elephants, tigers, snakes, camel, hipopotamus, monkeys, bears, deer, pig, birds, turtles.. and more lots. Go there !!!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 19 2006
Best was buying (20 baht) a dead chicken and feeding the crocs with it. Fascinating to see with what speed and force they accept the little snack..
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Dec 12 2005
Going to this place will make you realize how we, humans, can awfully treat natural life and animals in order to make money.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Mar 28 2005
Thailand's Jurassic Park
Back to Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo
This place is possibly one of the crulest places on earth! You only have to visit this website http://www.monkeyworld.org/ to find out why.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 22 2008
This was my first time coming here. I have to say that I am glad to be Thai, cause I only paid 60 thb compared to 300 thb for tourist, and that is where the line is drawn. First of 300 thb is way overpiced, the most I would pay is 100 thb, the place is old and very dirty.
Reviewed by: Kevin K from on Feb 29 2008
I am an American living in Bangkok and have visited this Crocodile farm two different times. On the good side of things, you get to see a lot of interesting animals in a short amount of time. For very little money, my family could all feed hippos, elephants, monkeys, turtles, goats and crocodiles (my personal favorite). We enjoyed the elephant and crocodile show, but opted not to attend the monkey show when we saw they were in makeup and costumes (seemed to cross the line for me).
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 26 2007
First off, after reading all of the reviews I feel that there are many misunderstandings. I personally have been there several times and also to Gator and Croc Farms in the USA and I go to Thailand every year. So please let me clarify some stuff up. For example the "poor dog" from the most recent review was not just put in that cage with the lonely dying tiger, the dog and the tiger are friends with spent most of their lives together just like Coco the gorilla and the kitten and I didn't see anyone say "oh my god they put that poor little kitten with that big gorilla". I'm not saying that they treat their animals to our standards here in the USA but just like in Florida they breed and harvest the crocodiles and alligators for their skin to prevent over killing by poachers which eventually leads to extinction. It is unfortunate that you had to hear the crocodiles being shot while you were watching the elephant show but are you sure that was what was really going on? If it was sorry to hear that, because that would really be disturbing. I do think that they should spend more money on reconstruction of the animal habitat, I mean it would be nice to see the crocs go and sun bath on land with sand or dirt rather than hot concrete however, think about how hard it would be to remove 100s (and boy do I mean hundreds) of wild crocodiles that are at least 10 feet to almost 20 feet in length, not so easy huh? In regards to the tigers being drugged I can't really say they kind of seem like the tigers here in the States except for the fact that the climate is much hotter in Thailand than it is here and if you were there all day all you'll probably want to do is sleep too. As for the monkeys I do agree that they should not be put in such an embarrassing predicament. Unfortunately the monkeys aren't just treated like that there it's everywhere. In regards to the money and fees paid is very little and think about how many people work there and how many animals need to be feed, I'm quite sure that the fees paid goes to maintaining the place as much as they can even though it might not be what we expect. I wish the animals receive more respect and a better home to live in and that us humans would find a better means of not exploiting animals for money but I do understand that life is though and they only do what they need to do to survive wouldn't you? If there was a way to help out both animals and the humans that rely on them what would it be?
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Oct 18 2006
I visited in May and was completely saddened by the inhumane conditions. Elephants are tied up with no room to walk until their shows, where handlers use bullhooks and punch them. Tigers and panthers are drugged up. Sick dogs were put into a cage with a tiger that seemed to be dying itself. Monkeys were also abused.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 18 2006
I visited this park not out of choice, but because our boat driver dropped us off at this awful tourist trap. A tiger in the tiniest of enclosures, which from its behaviour has clearly long given up; bears and a multitude of other animals all trapped behind bars, with no protection from the unforgiving sun and their cages in a state of filth. Giant fish in tanks where the festering water covered less than half of their bodies. And worst of all, camera-snapping tourists largely oblivious to the dreadful conditions that these animals have to live through day by day, at the cost of our amusement. I'm writing this now (several months after my trip) after having just read a poem by rilke ( in english, 'the black panther') which beautifully describes the suffering of an animal behind bars.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on May 31 2006
It is clear from the start this is a tourist set up. The animals don't look too happy, and tourists are being coached into buying food for the hungry animals. Leaves me with a nasty after taste, sorry. Initially my kids, 12 and 8, did not see it, and they were impressed. Till I explained a bit, then they understood this is not the way how animals should be treated.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 30 2006
i like this place so much, there's a lot of variaties of animal. Not only crocodiles, but also elephants, tigers, snakes, camel, hipopotamus, monkeys, bears, deer, pig, birds, turtles.. and more lots. Go there !!!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 19 2006
Best was buying (20 baht) a dead chicken and feeding the crocs with it. Fascinating to see with what speed and force they accept the little snack..
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Dec 12 2005
Going to this place will make you realize how we, humans, can awfully treat natural life and animals in order to make money.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Mar 28 2005
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