The Wildlife Rescue Centre (WRC)
The Wildlife Rescue Center was founded by Dutch-born Edwin Wiek in early 2001. This center has given shelter to a number of different wild animals, some of them for a short period and for some of them it will continue to give shelter for the rest of their lives.
At the center you can find a variety of macaques (5 species), 2 species of gibbon, several species of civets, loris, small and big cats (leopard cats, tigers), bears, crocodiles and exotic birds. The center tries to provide these animals with enclosures as close to nature as possible or, where possible, reintroduction to the wild.
Our centre tries to provide all of these animals with enclosures and living conditions as close to "natural" as possible. Our overall objective will always be to rehabilitate these animals back into the wild.
The centre always needs help from animal lovers whether in the form of volunteer work, donations or professional help such as veterinary experience.
Volunteer Duties
As a volunteer at the Wildlife Rescue Centre, you will spend a significant amount of time preparing food for the animals, serving it to them and cleaning their enclosures. This includes a variety of ancillary jobs, such as cleaning food bowls, equipment and food preparation areas. Other time is spent preparing enrichments for the animals and also giving tours to visiting tourists as well as assisting development of the education centre. Depending upon the number of volunteers and ongoing activities at the time, there will also be work in connection with building/upgrading enclosures, usually involving a lot of digging and painting.
The types and variety of duties will depend largely on the duration of stay of each volunteer and number and skills of volunteers participating. Some of the work is also seasonal and dependent upon available resources on-site at the time.
Volunteer requirements
Volunteers must have enthusiasm, compassion for animals and team spirit. Volunteers must have a good level of fitness as some of the work required can be strenuous. No animal experience is necessary, although representatives from relevant fields are more than welcome to contribute to the team.
Volunteers must be able to speak English to a good basic level.
Duration
The minimum stay at the Wil,dlife Rescue Centre is 2 weeks. There is no maximum length of stay - some volunteers stay up to 6 months - and volunteers are welcome to extend their visit further once at the centre.
Please contact us for volunteering prices.
Application
You can ask for additional information about our projects, including any conditions for volunteering and extended trip costs. If you are interested in a volunteer position, please send an e-mail or letter of motivation via email to volunteer@wfft.org explaining your interest in the project, a brief paragraph about yourself and your proposed length of stay.
Latest Images
Latest Rescue
New Malayan Sun Bear Handed Over to WFFT
Febuary 2010 - On Tuesday 23rd February, a 3 month old Malayan Sun Bear arrived at the WFFT wildlife hospital. She was handed in by her owner, a farmer, who stated that he had been looking after her for 2 months. The farmer stated that he found her wandering across a road on his farm land, and took her in... More

Latest News
Four WFFT Gibbons Move to Release Site
March 2010 - On March 4th 2010, the first four gibbons moved from the WFFT wildlife rescue Center to the "Lum Nam Pai Wildlife Sanctuary" in Maehongson Province, Thailand.
At this Wildlife Sanctuary, a lush and dense jungle in the North of Thailand, a unique project was build by the WFFT in cooperation with the Department of National Parks and Mahidol University. The main objective of this project is to prepare gibbons for a return to the wild, to release them and follow up on their moves and behavior as they face the challenges of the wild once more... More
Running Campaigns
Tourism & Wildlife
2007 to present - Our Tourism and Wildlife Campaign aims to inform people of the cruelty and explotation involved in having their photographs taken with exotic wild animals as holiday souvenirs. Not only is the use of animals for entertainment inhumane and unacceptable from an ethical point of view, but also extremely damaging from a conservation perspective... More
Orangutan Smuggling
2006 to present - Hundreds of orangutans are being smuggled through Thailand on a daily basis. Currently, there are over 70 young orangutans waiting to be repatriated, but despite their uncertain fate, the government is failing to act... More



