A court win for rescued animals
PRESS RELEASE January 31, 2017. Wildlife Friend Foundation chalked up a hard-fought win today, with a Supreme Court of Thailand decision clearing founder Edwin Wiek, president Jansaeng Sangnanork and the Foundation itself of illegal wildlife possession. The court reviewed previous lower court and appeal rulings resulting from a 2012…
Long-tailed Macaque Returns Home
After spending 4 weeks at the WFFT Wildlife Hospital receiving treatment and recovering after being hit by a car, this adult male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) made a full recovery and has now returned home. He was released back to the wild yesterday to a protected area close to the…
Electrocuted Slow Loris Arrives
A few days ago some concerned locals brought a badly injured Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Hospital for urgent treatment. The loris in question had been found on the ground after he had been electrocuted while climbing on exposed power lines. The Bengal Slow Loris…
Dog Attack Macaque Rescued – Hua Hin
Last week we received numerous reports via social media of an adult male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) that had been found lying in a busy road, underneath exposed power lines close to Hua Hin city. The WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team headed out immediately to try and save the monkey. Upon…
Slow Loris Saved from being Eaten
A wild female Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) was rescued from being eaten after a local lady found her in the hands of some fisherman who had illegally poached her from the wild and were going to eat her. We do not often hear of lorises being eaten in this…
Ex-pet African Spurred Tortoises Arrive
Meet ‘Beatrice’ and ‘Ailsa’ the African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata), the third-largest species of tortoise in the world. They were rescued by a concerned citizen as infants almost 20 years ago from a Chinese food market in North East Thailand. Now at approximately 20 years old they are still young,…
Babies, Babies, Babies – Infant and Juvenile Macaque Troop Update
Last year we saw an increase in infant long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) rescues here at WFFT. These little monkeys have just about adjusted to their new lives at WFFT. Some took a little longer to recover from their ordeals, as they were ready to meet others of their own species,…
Dog and Cat Sterilization Program
Last week the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand collaborated with the Mahanakorn University of Technology Faculty of Veterinary Science on a de-sexing program in the village where the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre is located. A team of 11 veterinarians, vet students and assistants joined with the WFFT Vet Team for day…
What a day for Little Jay, the Otter Pup
This little bundle of joy is ‘Jay’ an oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) pup that we received a call about a few days ago. The person that was keeping had acquired him a few days prior to contacting us from a friend as an unwanted pet. The team headed out…
Freedom for this one after 5 years being kept as a pet
Yesterday the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team headed out to rescue an unwanted pet female long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis). We received a call from the owner who had suffered from a stroke and was unable to take care of her anymore. We have named her Wan Jai (Sweet heart) as the…
Pig-tailed macaque leaves 12 years of life as a pet behind
This handsome Northern pig-tailed macaque named Sii (colour) has instantly made a name for himself as the largest male at LWRC. Sii had been kept as a pet for over 12 years by a family who loved him dearly but now realised both them and Sii needed help to resolve…
Jungle Crow – Chao Guay
Meet 'Chao Guay' a jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) that was brought into the WFFT Wildlife Hospital from another animal hospital in Bangkok. He was initially found in Bangkok by some concerned locals on the floor under a tree. They took him to a veterinary clinic and it was found that…
