Orphaned Monkey ‘Jao Khun’ Arrives
Yesterday we welcomed a very young male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. A few days ago we got a telephone call from someone who had been keeping him as a pet for 3 weeks after finding him in the Sireerukachart Botanical Garden, in Nakhon Pathom…
What’s that…? A Monkey in a Classroom…?
Yesterday we were called out to a monkey in urgent need of help. A wild adult male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) had found refuge in a classroom of primary school after being electrocuted on exposed power lines. The school called us for help so the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team headed…
A Mountain of Stuffed Toys Arrive at WFFT
Yesterday we welcomed a team from Groundbreakers Agency Group of Assumption University in Bangkok. They have been working hard over the past few months collecting soft toys for the orphan baby animals at WFFT. They collected a whooping 391!!! As you can see from the photos we had some fun…
WFFT 2009 to 2018 – Before & After
Take a look at these photographs of WFFT's Newlands Area from 2009 to 2018. Prior to WFFT securing the Newlands Area its was used as a sand mine. All the trees and basically every other living creature were cleared so the sand could be dug up and sold. This practice…
Froggy and Makham Are on the Move
Two young rescued Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) have moved onto the next stage of rehabilitation, after spending the past few months under the intensive care of the WFFT Vet Team. Froggy and Makham have moved to one of WFFT's Loris Rehabilitation cages in our forest area, both were orphaned…
Bamboo Rat Arrives for Life Saving Surgery
Yesterday an Indomalayan Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis) was rushed into the WFFT Wildlife Hospital for emergency surgery after its teeth had grown through its face. The rat in question, was rescued by its owners 7 years ago from hunters who were going to to eat her. As with all rodents…
Glorious Gibbons as the Sun Goes Down at P4
Take a look at this stunning collection of photographs taken from WFFT's Project 4. A pair of white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) are settling in for the night. The mountains in the distance are part of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand's largest national park.Why not come and stay at WFFT's Eco-lodge…
Day 2 – APE Malaysia, Air Asia and WFFT Enrichment Collaboration
On day two of the #HammockAmock Project we were lucky enough to find sometime to hand out some of the amazing new enrichments, the otters, bears and monkeys loved the new toys. Take a look here. Over the weekend we welcomed a team from @APE Malaysia and the @AirAsiaFoundation who…
DAY 1 – APE Malaysia, Air Asia and WFFT Enrichment Collaboration
Over the weekend we welcomed a team from @APE Malaysia and the @AirAsiaFoundation who came to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre with more than 1.5 tons of fire hose from the Malaysian Fire Department to make some amazing enrichments for our residents. After two days of hard work and lots…
20 Years Alone – Nui is Finally Freed
Meet Nui the elderly female Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) that has been kept in solitary confinement for a staggering 19 years. She had been given to the people that were keeping her by some friends when she was just one-year-old. She will have been poached from the wild to…
WFFT 17th Birthday Celebrations
We recently celebrated WFFT’s 17th Anniversary with a morning blessing from the monks of Wat Phra Phutthabat Khao Luk Chang and an evening of music and food with the WFFT staff and volunteers. Here’s to another successful year. Thank you to all those that have supported our work over the…
‘I believe I can Fly’… Or at least finally have to opportunity to do it.
Here is an update on Ma Ruay the 3 years old Brahminy Kite who arrived earlier this month at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre after his owners felt he needed a more suitable home (see his full story here: https://www.wfft.org/wildlife-general/rescued-brahminy-kite/). Because the cage he had been kept in for two…
