Ubon Ratchathani Zoo is one of the seven facilities run by the Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) of Thailand. As such it has much better welfare standards than most facilities in the country. There were numerous other animals in the zoo and each of these also had large species-specific enclosures. A particular highlight was to see a lioness with her 6 month old cubs running with her through the enclosure and also a large gibbon island.