[3] It even claimed to hold the world's largest crocodile in captivity, named Yai, who measured around 6 m (19 ft 8 in) and weighed 1,114 kg (2,456 lb).

[5][2][6] Aside from just housing crocodiles, the zoo also housed a wide array of other animals, including Asian elephants, tigers, chimpanzees, gibbons, turtles, snakes, birds, camels, hippos, goats, alpacas, deer, fish, bears, leopards, cows, horses, sheep, boars, ostriches, rabbits, orangutans, peafowl, cassowaries, emus, porcupines and pythons.

[5] There were at least three suicides at the facility—these involved women who jumped into a crocodile pond and got eaten alive; there was such an incident in 2002 and a news report from the BBC made reference to a similar occurrence a decade prior to this,[9] and more recently in 2014.

[10] A recent article published in The Washington Post alleged that the animals were exploited at the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo.

[11] An article published by National Geographic which reported animal abuse and neglect, in particular concerned an elephant named Gluay Hom.