The endangered Komodo dragon is found only on the island of Komodo and a few surrounding islands in Indonesia. Being the biggest of all Varanus species or monitors (aka dragons) it is highly sought after by zoos, private collectors and reptile enthusiasts worldwide. Because its range is so small it…
We have recently seen an increased trafficking of wildlife from Thailand to India and vice versa, with Chennai airport being the main point of access and/or origin to Bangkok. Luckily for some animals they were found and confiscated, while the criminals were arrested and will probably taken to court in…
After working almost a year on the construction due to financial restrictions, we finally see our newest bear enclosure finished. With the help of the so many volunteers at WFFT we were able to finish off this enclosure bit by bit. Now in August 2016 it is ready to welcome…
Early this morning an animal carry case was found dumped outside the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre, at a first glance it was thought to be a cat or dog inside the box but upon further inspection our founder Edwin Wiek saw that the box contained an infant Bornean orangutan (Pongo…
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE! Today 27th of August 2013 the prosecutor and provincial court have ruled that the WFFT Foundation was not illegally running a wildlife clinic or animal hospital as charged by some officials early last year! The case has been dropped against the foundation and we can continue our…
A 12 year old male pileated gibbon was rescued this week from a temple where he had stayed for the last 10 years. The gibbon was kept solitary for all this time and seemed to be lonely according to the monks at the temple. In Thailand people donate wild animals…
A gibbon family awaiting release back to the wild Cosmo is a white-handed or lar gibbon rescued from a temple in upcountry Petchaburi 8 years ago, while Bridget was rescued about 9 years ago from a Catholic school in Petchaburi city. These two gibbons were kept solitary for many years…
Monkey rescued from dog attack doing well This is a follow up story on an earlier article WFFT rescued BB, a wild macaque from Petchaburi, on the 22nd of October after a dog attack left him with severe wounds. BB had suffered ruptured muscles, extensive skin loss and severe infection…
Police Lieutenant-Colonel heads wildlife traders syndicate Caught poachers at the press conference at Kaengkrachan Rangers of Kaengkrachan National Park caught 9 poacher red-handed with over 100 collected mountain frogs and some small mammals such as mouse deer inside the National Park area. The poachers heavily armed with pistols and rifles.…
Slow Lorises go home after rescue and treatment at WFFT Our Wildlife Rescue Center receives dozens of Slow Loris and Pygmee Loris all year round. While the slow loris is a local species, the pygmee loris is not (WFFT has data suggesting that the Pygmee Loris does actually live in…
Thai rhino horn trader jailed Chumlong poses with a killed Rhino in South Africa A Thai national, Chumlong (or Chamlong) Lemtongthai, who pled guilty to organising bogus trophy hunts to sell rhino horns on the international black market was sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail on Friday.…
Johnny, a macaque unchained and rescued! Johnny unchained! Johnny is a young adult male pig-tailed macaque (macaca nemestrina) that was kept as a pet in Bangkok. Bought from the weekend market, Chatuchak (Jatujak) 10 years ago he lived with a family, however when he got older and larger he wear…
After 40 years of hard labor, retirement at last! Boonmee is a 55 year elephant that was rescued and retired for life today! Boonmee has worked for a while in logging and over 25 years in the tourism industry and was until yesterday working at an elephant camp in Kanchanaburi…
Parliamentary committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights meets at WFFT Wildlife Rescue Center On Friday the 2nd of November 2012 a parliamentary committee visited the WFFT wildlife rescue center and Elephant refuge, on invitation of the Foundation. The invitation was send by Noi and Edwin to show the work,…
From Animal People From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2012: (Actually published on November 1, 2012.) Wildlife Friends is still fighting charges after nemesis retires BANGKOK–Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conserva-tion chief Damrong Phidet retired on September 31, 2012 after deploying 3,000 staff on July 28 to demolish nine…
Tiger and Ivory trade in Thailand getting out of hand On the 26th of October the provincial police of Nonsila district, Khon Kaen Province stopped a vehicle that behaved suspicious, trying to get away from a routine road check point on the “Friendship highway” from Bangkok to Vientiane. In the…
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