KFC comes to the rescue.
It is not often you have to combine cutting edge medicine with fast food but the two came together recently to help some local dogs in distress. The WFFT Vet Team were recently alerted to the plight of a dog in a nearby fishing village that had severe mange and…
Pot Bellied Pig enclosure special project for the volunteers
All our animals deserve the best: clean and appropriate enclosures, species specific food , medical care , stimulating enrichment and the care and love of our volunteers and staff. So this week our brave and committed Wildlife & Elephant Refuge volunteers and staff treated the female Potbellied Pigs to a…
Two Slow Lorises Head Back to the Wild
A few evenings ago two of the vet team headed out on a special bike ride. In their rucksacks were two special cargos : two recently rescued slow lorises that were heading back to the wild. The first was recently rescued from the livestock department in Petchaburi. A member of…
Jeng Jones The WFFT Menagerie
The WFFT recently got a call from the Kasetsart University In Hua Hin who wanted help with a young female Long Tailed Macaque that had been brought in for emergency surgery. Jeng, as she had been named, had been attacked by another macaque on the beach in Hua Hin. She…
Celine gets a new Home!
Recently a human rescue team from Phetchaburi contacted the WFFT rescue team about an Iguana they had to take off someone’s hands.This Female Adult of 4 or maybe 5 years old, who’s been called Celine was previously kept as a pet. Iguanas have became very popular as pets. They are…
The WFFT Wildlife Hospital provides veterinary treatment to local community
One of the key values of the wildlife hospital at WFFT is to provide care for those who simply can’t afford it normally and to give awareness and education about all the work we do here. Being part of the local community is a huge responsibility. As you maybe already…
Portrait: Bandit. The Cute Fierce Little Critter!!!
In September 2005, a 10-month old female long-tailed macaque who was living on Khao Wang Mountain (otherwise known as Monkey Mountain) in Phetchaburi was rescued. The poor infant was suffering of congenital deformities - she was born without any legs, only one arm and a stump for her other arm.…
Up into the Trees for these Lucky Gibbons
Yesterday two sub-adult white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar), Oreo and Aung Aing, moved into a huge new forest enclosure where they can swing, sing and sleep in the forest canopy. Both of these gibbons were poached from the wild as very young infants and illegally sold into the pet trade. The…
Radiology is here but we need your help to ensure it stays.
The WFFT Hospital this week became the first wildlife rescue center in Thailand to be equipped with its own digital X-ray suite. Most western veterinary hospitals will appreciate how much better the vets can now do their job and help improve the quality of the medicine they practice. For a…
Toro – Another poor victim of the Illegal Wildlife Pet Trade
Yesterday some people from Samut Sakorn brought a baby female short-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. They had been keeping her as pet for the past two weeks after buying her from one of their friends, she was six week sold when they bought her. They…
One Little Guy Found Far From Home…
Yesterday, the WFFT Rescue Team went to the Phetchaburi Livestock Department to collect a Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) that had been found by the side of a road in Phetchaburi. As this species is not known to live in this area he may have been a ket as a…
Life of Bryan…
Yesterday morning some local people brought a very badly injured Burmese Python (Python Bivittatus) to the WFFT Wildlife Hospital for urgent veterinary treatment. The python in question was found by the side of a road with a huge laceration along his body, some of his organs were exposed. They caught…
