White Cheeked Gibbon Rescued
July 2005 The center has recently rescued Bong, a 14 year old white cheeked gibbon from Bangkok. Bong was solitary and had spent his life in Bangkok. Although his owner was trying to take good care of the him and obviously loved him, she felt that he should be handed over to the center due to the facilities that are available and prospect of a better life for Bong. (story with pictures).
Loris releases
Over the months of February till July of this year we received an unusual high number of pet Lorises from people, mostly from Bangkok. The keeping of a loris as pet is unfortunately still quite common although they are getting rarer in the wild due to the poaching, car accidents and habitat loss. The fact that they are a protected species by law is not making much difference due to the lack of enforcement by some of the authorities, on the Bangkok Weekend “Chatuchak” market you can easily obtain a loris for a bit less than 70 US dollars. Thanks to a few programs on Thai television that were about the work of the rescue center a lot of people learned of our work and kindly handed over their pet lorises to the center where they get a medical check up and are rehabilitated to go back to the wild after a rehab period. We are very happy to see signs of a successful release program, the released lorises are frequently seen at night wondering in the protected forest area surrounding our center. (story with pictures)
Monkey Saved from Petchaburi Mountain
The centre was informed of a monkey living on Petchaburi Mountain. It became apparent that according to Petchaburi officials, the monkey had lived with a piece of wire around it’s neck for a year. Unfortunately, as this had not been reported and resolved earlier, the metal wire had begun to grow into the monkey’s skin, this obviously had serious medical implications for the monkey. Once the centre was made aware of the situation, a two day search ensued. Once the monkey had been found, the damage that had been caused by the wire was clear. The monkey was taken back to the centre where the wire was removed successfully, which was obviously a great relief to the centre and the monkey, who had lived in discomfort and pain for at least a year. Ten days of treatment followed which resulted in a successful release. (click for story with pictures)
