14 Endangered Freshwater Turtles Return Back to the Wild
Yesterday 14 freshwater turtles returned back to the wild after spending some time at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue after being rescued due to varying circumstances. These are the lucky ones after being kept as pets or rescued from the dinner plate they now have a second chance at a wild…
Endangered Indian Star Tortoise Arrives at WFFT
Another victim of the international illegal pet trade has been brought into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre, meet ‘Tess’ the Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans). The people that purchased Tess from a pet shop were unaware of which species she was, and how endangered they are, with international laws to…
Injured Infant Macaque ‘Hope’ in a Critical Condition
A few days ago we received reports of a critically injured infant male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), that had been found close to a temple inhabited by a large troop of macaques. The rescue team headed out straight away to investigate. Upon arrival to the scene, the severity of his…
Happy International Orangutan Day!!!
Happy International Orangutan Day. Here are some images of WFFT’s orangutan residents - Maggie and Chico during their daily forest school lessons. We plan to build large open enclosures to provide more suitable environments for these very special intelligent great apes. We are still looking for people to help out.…
It is International Orangutan Day this Friday!!!
Its International Orangutan Day this Friday!!! In preparation for this day which is on Friday, here are some images of rescued orangutans, Maggie and Chico here at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre, and their increasingly endangered wild cousins. Each day during their daily forest school sessions they are taken into…
Update – Rescued Porcupines Move to a new Home!!!
You may remember the ‘unwanted’ pet Malayan porcupines (Hystrix brachyura) that arrived at WFFT in sacks almost dead just one month ago? After spending some time in quarantine to recover from their terrible ordeal they have been moved to a large open field enclosure in the Newlands area of the…
In Chains No More – WFFT Welcomes Warnorn
Warnorn the five-year-old male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is free from chains after spending the first five years of his life with humans after his mother was butchered and eaten. Warnorn was found in March 2011 on an island in southern Thailand when he was a young baby. We are…
Finishing a new bear field at WFFT
After working almost a year on the construction due to financial restrictions, we finally see our newest bear enclosure finished. With the help of the so many volunteers at WFFT we were able to finish off this enclosure bit by bit. Now in August 2016 it is ready to welcome…
Here is a Wonderful story for the Weekend….
A few days ago we said a very happy goodbye to one of our very special temporary residents and her infant. ‘Patti Harn’ (English: Miracle) the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) and her infant ‘Mali’ (English: Jasmine) where released back to the wild after spending approximately 5 months here at the…
WFFT Welcomes a group of Aspiring Vet Students
A few days ago we welcomed a group of 100 vet students from the 7th International Veterinary Students' Association Asia Conference. They came to see our work and took part in discussions with our vet team and founder Edwin Wiek. We would love to see these aspiring vets one day…
NGO statement on “Global Tiger Day”
WFFT signs on to Letter of concern on tiger conservation: On Global Tiger Day this year, 45 NGOs are raising the alarm of increasing tiger poaching and call for ending all tiger farming and tiger trade July 29, 2016 Today on International Tiger Day we the undersigned 45 non-governmental organisations…
Primates in Laos need your urgent help!
The Laos Wildlife Rescue Center's team (LWRC) has been negotiating for several months with the owner of the monkeys and gibbons shown in this post to have him give up the primates to our rescue center. Unfortunately these negotiations took a much longer time than expected and by now all…
