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…
Check out Courageous Kanoon’s Amazing Progress
Kanoon, the orphan baby langur (see his story here: https://www.wfft.org/primates/primate-rescue-orphan-langur-kanoon/), is getting better and better by the day. His injuries are almost completely healed, and his appetite is huge. He has started to learn how to climb a little, under the supervision of WFFT Wildlife Hospital Vet Team, and his…
Welcome Jimmy – A new Civet joined our Community
A few days ago, a man brought an adult male Common Palm Civet named Jimmy, to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. As the man explained by phone to our Vet Team before bringing him in, he received this civet from someone and took care of him for 4 months. Jimmy…
