Emergency Treatment for Forest Fire Victim
(Scroll down for English) เมื่อวานนี้ทางทีม สัตว์เเพทย์ WFFT ได้มีคนเเจ้งมาว่า เจอนางอายได้รับบาดเจ็บอยู่บนต้นไม้ ในจังหวัดเพชรบุรีห่างจาก WFFT 20 นาที ทางสัตว์เเพทย์ได้วินิจฉัยว่าเธอได้รับเเผลไฟไหม้ บริเวณ หลังหัว หลังคอ เเละมือทั้ง2ข้าง คาดว่ามาจากไฟป่าที่เกิดขึ้นจากบริเวณใกล้เคียง ขณะนี้ประเทศไทยกำลังประสบปัญหาฤดูแล้งที่ร้อนผิดปกติเเละยังมีไฟป่าทั่วประเทศ ไฟป่าไม่เพียง แต่ทำลายป่าเเต่ยังทำให้ชีวิตมนุษย์ตกอยู่ในความเสี่ยงเเละยังฆ่าสัตว์ป่าอีกมากมาย เบื้องต้นทางทีมสัตว์เเพทย์ได้ทำเเผล ล้างเเผล ทายาฆ่าเชื้อเเละป้อนยาเพื่อลดการอักเสบ ด้วยการดูเเลอย่างใกล้ชิดทุกวันจากทีมสัตว์เเพทย์เราหวังว่าเธอจะกลับมาหายดีในไม่ช้า เราจะแจ้งให้คุณทราบถึงความคืบหน้าของเธอ! Yesterday the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team were called to rescue Bengal Slow Loris that had been seeking refuge in a tree after being…
Happy 18th Birthday WFFT
Today marks the 18th Anniversary of the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. The morning started with an early ceremony with staff and monks from our local temple. With our new animal welfare clinic being close to completion we are hoping for an successful year helping many more animals in need. Thank…
RESCUED – Donald the Slow Loris
This week we got a got a call that a Slow Loris had been found in Bangkok. A driver was immediately dispensed to pick up this wayward animal from the concrete jungle. On arrival at the rescue centre they discovered a large Bengal Slow Loris in good condition and not…
Rescued – Slow Loris found in a Police Station
We received a telephone call from the police department in the village next to WFFT. An injured slow loris had been found inside the building seeking refuge after either sustaining burns from electrical wires or from a forest fire. The WFFT Vet Team cleaned him up and he has been…
Rescued – One-year-old Long-Tailed Macaque
Noo Deang (Red Rat) is a one-year-old Long-tailed macaque that was purchased illegally from Facebook when she was a tiny baby. As with most wild animals that are kept as pets she grew and started to become aggressive, it was the final straw when she bit her owner. They then…
Rescued – Sugar Glider, Russian Hamster and Red-eared Slider
We were asked by an-expat who lived in Bangkok to provide a safe refuge to his exotic pets after he had to return home for a family emergency. WFFT does not usually focus on rehoming non-native exotic pets but in this instance the owner could not find a suitable home…
Orphaned Monkey Arrives at WFFT – Meet Dumbo
Yesterday, a man appeared at front gate of the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre with a tiny little monkey inside a bag. The monkey in question is a very young male Northern pig-tailed macaque, a species Vulnerable to extinction. The man informed us that his mother had been hit by a…
Jiw Regains her Freedom at Thai New Year.
Yesterday ‘Jiw’ a twenty-year-old female Northern pig-tailed macaque was handed over to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. The lady who handed Jiw over was 82 years old and felt she could no longer for the monkey. The lady clearly cared so much for her but felt she could no longer…
Frank Returns to the Wild
After 2 and a half weeks of intensive care at the WFFT Wildlife Hospital ‘Frank’ the macaque that got shot in the face has been released back to a safe protected area. Stay out of trouble please Frank. See his rescue story at https://www.wfft.org/primates/rescued-macaque-shot-in-the-face/
Are Komodo Dragons Smuggled in to Thailand?
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…
Wildlife trader on Facebook caught red-handed
Thai authorities seize clouded leopard carcasses, golden cat and leopard cat skins and other animal parts after a man offered wildlife for sale on Facebook. On 25 March 2019, The Department of National Park (Phaya Seua task force) in cooperation with police and military in Ratchaburi acted upon a tip…
Rescued – Macaque Shot in the Face
Late on Friday evening the WFFT Vet Team were called to attend an injured long-tailed macaque from an urban troop in Khao Wang, around 40km from the centre. The macaque had an injury to the face and had been found by locals walking about blindly. On examining this male primate…
