In November 2023, Xiao Qi Ji and his parents Tian Tian and Mei Xiang, returned to China as part of a three-year contract with the China Wildlife Conservation. The feed won't be down for long. The zoo recently received male panda Bao Li and female panda Qing Bao, who are both 2-years-old.

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we don’t have an abundance of baby pygmy hippos. But we do have a bunch of zoos and wildlife centers with their own animal celebrities. They might not be as cute or young as Moo Deng — heck, they might be 140 years older — but they’re fun and fascinating in their own special ways.

A tourist has sparked outrage by firing a slingshot at animals in a zoo close to where celebrity baby hippo Moo Deng is kept. The Chinese holidaymaker was seen brandishing the weapon while launching items towards an enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand, on October 20.

Visitors faced queues stretching more than 3km as people flocked to see the baby hippopotamus. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The popularity of Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippopotamus, has led to severe traffic congestion at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province.

A tourist has sparked outrage by firing a slingshot at animals in a zoo close to where celebrity baby hippo Moo Deng is kept. The Chinese holidaymaker was seen brandishing the weapon while launching items towards an enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi,

This is the astonishing moment Moo Deng fans charged into a zoo as soon as its gates opened. Footage shows a long queue of visitors eagerly waiting to see the famous baby pygmy hippo at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi,