A New Home for Maggie & Chico
WFFT's rescued great apes Maggie and Chico are on the move 2018! Since their arrival in 2016 they have been going to forest school sessions in the Khao Luk Chang Temple forest close to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. As they become larger and get closer to adulthood we must…
Rescuing Wildlife, the Harsh Reality…
Recently the WFFT Wildlife Hospital Rescue Team were called by a local woman working at Khao Yoi Temple about a female long-tailed macaque who fell from a tree and could not move. The macaque in question had a young infant so the situation was even more urgent. When the Rescue…
Meet Pearl! Another Broken Soul who will Break your Heart
Just few weeks old! Separated from her mother! Took away from a life that every wild animal should have: away from human abuses... That is the sad story of our new rescue. We cannot say that we are happy to introduce you 'Pearl', a so cute female baby long-tailed macaque…
Start of the day with WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre Volunteer’s
The WFFT Wildlife rescue centre provides refuge for over 600 animals including 6 species of gibbons, 6 species of macaques, lorises, 2 species of bear, small and larger wild cats, civets, crocodiles, birds... All the volunteers have the daunting task, supervised and helped by our dedicated team of professionals, to…
Hedwig Take to the Sky Once Again!
Do you remember the story of Hedwig the rescued barn owl from a few weeks ago…? (full story here: https://www.wfft.org/wildlife-general/local-students-save-barn-owl-wfft-wildlife-rescue-team/). Well, after a period of specialized care from the WFFT Vet Team little Hedwig was able to spread his wings once again. We released him on the project 4 area…
Time for Otters Mission Again!
Once again, the "Otter Aqua park" at our Newland otter habitat had its grand spring-clean! One of the rare special projects that combines Wildlife Volunteers and Elephant Refuge Volunteers. On a very hot sunny day, the general mood was really good and smiles were on every face. Lots of fun…
Ursula’s Miracle!
Last month we told you the story of a young female long-tailed macaque who had been hit by a car (https://www.wfft.org/…/yesterdays-emergency-case-macaque-h…/). We named her Ursula. What happened to little Ursula is a real miracle. Very soon after her arrival she fell into a coma, the WFFT Wildlife Hospital Vet Team…
We Delighted to Announce this News – No more Chains for Thong Phoon
Time has come for Thong Phoon to be rid of her chains. After years being in chains she now sees the back of them, we have been able to quickly construct a special, safe 'Protected Contact' enclosure which will keep her and her human carers safe. Escorted by mahouts, and…
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),…
