# Pata Zoo

- **Country:** Thailand
- **Coordinates:** 13.771305, 100.484025
- **Opened:** 1983
- **Location:** Bang Phlat, Bangkok, Thailand
- **Zoo Name:** Pata Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 1983

Pata Zoo is a private zoo on the 6th and 7th floors of Pata Pinklao Department Store, Bang Yi Khan Subdistrict, Bang Phlat District, Bangkok between Borommaratchachonnani and Arun Amarin Intersections close to Phra Pinklao Bridge. Pata Zoo has operated since 1983, along with the department store. Pata Zoo has been the subject of ongoing attention from Thai animal welfare organizations, who have raised concerns about the conditions of certain enclosures, particularly those housing primates such as the gorilla Bua Noi. 

![Photo of Pata Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Pata_Department_Store_Facade_2023.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)