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On the night of September 7, 2026, a 51-year-old man arrived by bicycle at a private home in Bangkok’s northern Lak Si area. Near the front of the property was a pond filled with koi.

According to Thai media reports, CCTV showed the man walking around the pond at about 8:30 p.m. Around eight minutes later, he allegedly entered the water and handled one of the koi in a way that raised animal-cruelty concerns. A housekeeper and the owner then spotted him. The man fled on his bicycle, while the owner fell and was injured during the pursuit.

Yet the strangest part of the case is not simply what happened in the pond. The camera captured the critical footage only because another odd incident earlier that same afternoon had prompted the household to point it toward the water.

In 2026, Taipei Zoo had an unusual run of animals getting outside their designated enclosures.

On May 18, a southern tamandua may have used a banana tree that snapped while she was climbing it as an accidental escape route. On July 4, a brown spider monkey jumped into the water and swam across. Then, on September 17, two chimpanzees got through doors that had not been properly secured.

The strange part is not simply that several animals escaped from the same zoo. It is that the “exit” was different almost every time. A tree, a body of water, and finally a human failure to lock a door. Put the incidents side by side, and this becomes more than a collection of quirky zoo stories.

The Bangkok Koi Case: Why Fish Count Under Thailand’s Cruelty Law

Taipei Zoo’s 2026 Animal Escapes — A Banana Tree, a Swimming Monkey, and an Unlocked Gate