200 students of the Mahidol University’s Int’ School Visit WFFT
Education is the key. Here at WFFT it is important for us to teach the younger of members of society about problems faced by wildlife on earth, particularly here in Thailand. Last week we welcomed a large group of students from Mahidol University’s Premier International School. The students took part…
Gan Da wants to be part of the VIP herd!
We already know Poom Puang and Thong Ma’s friendship has blossomed. But it looks like someone try to get closer (slowly but surely). Indeed, Gan Da, who usually prefers to be quietly minding her own business in the forested areas of Project 4, she is now wonderfully changing her habits!…
Wildlife Trade
PRESS RELEASE On February 4th 2018 rangers of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife received intelligence that a group of poachers were active in the jungle of Thungyai Naresuan* Wildlife Sanctuary. A few hours later in the morning of February 5th around 2:40AM, the rangers found a poaching camp…
Loridzillas strike at WFFT!
A few days ago 2 new residents, Ling-Ling & La La arrived at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. These rather large Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) were previously kept as pets. The first owners were Russian ex-pats who had illegally purchased them. They initially had a male and female (Ling-Ling),…
WFFT Attends the First Animal Welfare Law Enforcement Meeting
29th January 2018 – The first Animal Welfare Law Enforcement meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand. This meeting was cosponsored by Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand and Soi Dog Foundation. Thailand’s Animal Police Force and other animal welfare groups were in attendance, along with WFFT’s President, Miss Jansaeng Sangnanork. We are…
Local students save a Barn owl with the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team!
A few weeks ago (15/01/2018), students from a local university found a Barn Owl (Tyto alba) on the floor. It was unable to fly so they called WFFT for our help. The WFFT Vet Team gave the owl a full heath check, no visible injuries were detected, it was very…
As one leaves, another arrives – A very sad reality!
After the successful release of Rosy last week (http://bit.ly/2DTSjHu), we received a phone call from the Phetchaburi Livestock Department. This time it is a male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) who had been found on the side of the road, probably hit by a car and who could not use his…
WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team: Rescued Rosy Released back into the Wild!!!
Yesterday was one of those good days for which the WFFT Team works so hard to achieve. A successful Rescue, Repair, Rehabilitate, and Release is a very rewarding part of our work. Isn't the purpose of all this work to give back to nature what belongs to nature? Of course,…
Forest School Playtime with Chico and Maggie… Sand and Tree, Alternative Playtime Preference!
Find out more about Maggie and Chico! Maggie story here: https://www.wfft.org/wildlife-trade/infant-orangutan-found-in-box-outside-wfft/ Chico story here: https://www.wfft.org/primates/meet-chico-orangutan/
Child’s Living Toy Rescued!
On Monday afternoon we received a call about a baby Dusky Langur that had been found on a rubber plantation in the south of Thailand. Despite the prospect of a 16-hour round trip drive the team wasted no time in setting off to rescue this little monkey. Baby langurs are…
“Let’s Paint some Posts…”
The WFFT Elephant Refuge volunteers have been busy over the past few days painting the posts of a very special new enclosure we are constructing for a female elephant named Thong Phoon. We are currently raising funds to rescue her, see how you can help us secure her freedom here…
Rescued ‘pet’ Mali arrives to the WFFT Centre.
At the end of last week, a woman living in the village of Tha Karm, not to far from the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre, ask to WFFT Vet Team to come to take her monkey away. A family member told the Rescue Team to come pick up a baby female…
