The Norwich International School (Bangkok) visit WFFT Centre
It is always such a pleasure for us to receive school groups. Indeed, one of our main aims is to educate people about problems faced by wildlife throughout the world, particularly in Thailand. What better occasion than showing and explaining to the new generations what is happening to our wildlife…
Major species evolution discovery! A 3-headed Loris!
Hiding in the bush, this almost mythical animal was observed climbing this morning. What a surprise to realize it was just Toady carrying Froggy and Kermitt around. A funny vision of a backpacking mission.
Can you help us Rescue these two Elephant Friends?
Can we give these Friends, Freedom Together Forever…? We need your help once again to save some elephants from a life in chains. We have discovered two female elephants in need of rescue from a tourist camp here in Thailand. Let us introduce you to Pum-Puang (Young Lady) who is…
Say hello to Peach!!!
WFFT does not encourage or promote the unnecessary breeding of captive wildlife however accidents sometimes happen. And here is Peach (his mothers name is Lukwa, Plum in Thai), a baby dusky langur who first see the light of the day just last week. He is doing good with his mom Lukwa.…
Bobo, Silver and Nam Phet leave Quarantine!
What a joy when residents, after having a terrible life because of humans, can finally act like they should have always done. You maybe have followed the recent progress of Bobo and Nam Phet, and their successful introduction with Silver, well, you will be more than happy to know they…
Ka-Ka and Gallamair: Old friends Reunited!
Back in 2008, some villagers poached a male Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) cub from a forest area near Laos, with the intention of selling him as a pet. They could not find a buyer quick enough, so they dumped him at Wat Klong Sai Nung , a temple near Thayang,…
WFFT Gibbon Rehabilitation Islands
At the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre we have 8 gibbons rehabilitation islands in the large lake in front of the rescue centre. These rehabilitation islands were created to aid with the rehabilitation of the gibbons rescued by WFFT, far from human interference. Their diet is supplemented daily by the WFFT…
WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team: A Langur in distress
Earlier this week we received a telephone call from a human rescue team in the South of Thailand about an injured monkey in need of emergency rescue. The animal in question was a female dusky langur (Trachypithecus obscurus), she had been involved a collision with a road vehicle and has…
THE WFFT TEAM HEADS TO HONG KONG
Earlier this month, the WFFT Veterinary Team, joined by other veterinarians from Thailand’s Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and Zoological Park Organization of Thailand visited Hong Kong to observe the work of our colleagues from Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Ocean Park Conservation…
Welcome to Kermit! Our latest rescue
Last evening, a local girl brought a male young Bengal slow Loris into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre (Nycticebus bengalensis) that our staff called Kermit (after Froggy and Toady, it was an evidence). The woman explained to us that she went to a restaurant with her brother, and saw Kermit.…
Welcome to Som Boon and Pun Pon!
Last week a local family called the WFFT wildlife hospital about some wild boars they could not keep anymore. 8 years prior, a pregnant female boar had escaped from a farm nearby, and arrived at their home. The mother gave birth to 4 babies: two males (Som Boon & Pun…
Bowie and Ka Wow – Through the Eyes of Dr. John
In January 2016 a little sun bear cub arrived at WFFT and changed my life. Just a few weeks old Bowie as we called her had been sold as a pet and her mother killed for bushmeat and traditional medicine. Despite the horrors she had endured in her short life…
