Korat Zoo, also known as Nakhom Ratchasima Zoo, is one of the seven zoos run by the Zoological Parks Organisation under the patronage of the King. As such, it does offer rather higher welfare standards when compared to other facilities in the country and does not allow any hands-on interaction with the tigers. In addition, the zoo is part of a series of breeding programmes with one tiger on display being  Indo-Chinese and two being Amur. However, there is also a white tiger, catering to the public desire to see one rather than conservational purposes.