After days of uncertainty we finally make the first move Just over 10 days ago we were informed about the plight of several wild animals kept at a zoo in Bangkok. This zoo that has been open for over 30 years was now shutting down due to financial problems and…
Another sun bear family taken from the wild WFFT was called this last weekend by locals near Huahin after they visited a mountain village in the South. At this village they found a small bear cub (Malayan sun bear) kept as a pet by mountain people. The cub was very…
Abbot says temples are no good place to keep wild animals We received a call from a temple in Southern Thailand last week with an urgent call for help. At this temple a few wild animals were kept given up by people in the neighborhood, but the enclosures were not…
Malaysian sun bear gives birth at WFFT! It is not very common for a malayan sun bear to give birth in captivity, and in many cases cubs will not live long after birth and besides that mothers of these cubs will often eventually kill their own offspring and even eat…
On Sunday August the 30th, a 3 month old Malayan Sun Bear arrived at the WFFT wildlife hospital. He had been living a happy existence with his mother in the wild, before being hunted and caught in our local Kaengkrachan national park. After being captured, his front and back legs…
Baby civets finding a new home at WFFT These little palm civets were recently rescued by WFFT from a forest fire. Unfortunately they could not be returned to their mother and therefor our medical team at WFFT had to care for these small civet babies. See here a few photos…
Dodo & Dee Na Together at Christmas Back in May 2009, Dodo the male Malayan Sun Bear came to WFFT after being rescued from a pig farm in Ratchaburi. He was extremely underweight and living in appalling conditions prior to his rescue. Over the past months, we’ve been trying to…
Kanyai Today the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team were called to the aid of yet another Malayan Sun Bear. After being informed of a bear cub being kept in unsuitable conditions, the team from the Wildlife Rescue Centre were dispatched to nearby Pala-U, part of Kaeng Krachan National Park, to rescue…
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…
A young female sun bear has been rescued from poachers in PrachuapKhirikhan province. The little bear is currently recovering at the center and more news will soon be posted on this news page. An investigation on how the bear ended up in a village south of Pranburi is still underway.…
Binturongs are listed as vulnerable in some parts of their range and endangered in others. Yet nowhere in the wild are they common and they are currently at risk due to habitat destruction/fragmentation and illegal poaching for the black market trades for traditional medicine, fur and exotic pets. They are…
Some villagers had poached this male sun bear cub from the forests near Laos, with the intention of selling him as a pet. They could not find a buyer quick enough, so they dumped him at Wat Klong Sai Nung , a temple near Thayang, when they were afraid of…
Many volunteers at the rescue center and even more people that watched the “Lyndal’s Lifeline” on Animal Planet remember Ompoom the overweight sun bear that was rescued from the fish market in Ranong. Ompoom was rescued at the end of 2005 and we knew it would take some time until…
In early January, WFFT rescued a 10 year old Asiatic Black Bear from a temple in Korat (see “The Mobile Wildlife Clinic on a (bear) rescue again”). February 2007 We named her Joan, and she had suffered badly infected wounds around her rear end, which had become infested with maggots.…
The Wildlife Friends Mobile Clinic funded by “Care for the Wild International” responded to another emergency last week. This time it was a 10 year old Asiatic black bear who has been living alone in a large cage for 7 years at a Buddhist temple in Korat. The bear was…
