Rest in Peace
A few days we received a call from a concerned man who had found a severely injured macaque lying in the middle of one of the busiest highways in Thailand. This brave man got out of his car and stopped the traffic to prevent the monkey colliding with any more…
Elderly Pig-tailed Macaque Comes to WFFT
Jaw the elderly female Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) has arrived at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. She has spent the last 15 years of her life in solitary confinement at a temple in Northern Thailand after being taken in and cared for by monks. We were alerted to her…
Illegal wildlife traffickers at “Tiger Temple” to receive legal zoo permit
Thailand – 20th April 2016 – The infamous Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand has been granted an official zoo permit from the Thai authorities, signed by the director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) this week. We at the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand…
Infant Long-tailed Macaque Rescued
We received a call from person who had recently acquired a very young infant long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) after her mother had been killed by hunters. The person in question has decided that keeping a wild animal as pet was not a good idea and asked us for help. Let…
Another Special Soul is Lost
Yesterday we received a call from a concerned local man about a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) that had been found by the side a busy road within a highly populated industrial area in Cha-am close to the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. The compassionate local that found her thought she had…
Ex-pet Brahminy Kite Brought into WFFT
Yesterday morning a man arrived at the WFFT Wildlife Hospital carrying a basket covered by a net within this basket was a very stressed brahminy kite (Haliastur indus). We are told that this kite had been kept as a pet at a location about 30 minutes from the WFFT Wildlife…
Rescued Macaque ‘Joe’ Update
We have been overwhelmed with praise and support concerning the very special elderly Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) ‘Joe’, he was rescued 2 weeks ago from the deplorable conditions where he had spent 25 years of his life. Each day he is becoming more and more confident, trying more new exciting…
Another Victim of the Wildlife Pet Trade
And here we go again, another Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) cruelly captured from the wild becomes a failed unwanted pet. The loris in question was caught from the wild as an adult and then placed in the small barren cage you see in the photographs, he probably spent numerous…
Freedom Becomes her as this Macaque is Removed from Chains
A few days ago the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Team again headed south to one of Thailand’s many islands on a mission to rescue a monkey in desperate need of help. After receiving reports from Philip Brook of the Samui snake and wildlife rescue about a young female northern pig tailed macaque (Macaca…
Rescued Wild Pig Surgery
Last week we rescued a family of wild pigs from central Bangkok. The adult female pig who has now been named ‘Bussaba’ which means flower in English, she had numerous injuries which required veterinary treatment, so the day after her arrival the WFFT Vet Team sedated her and treated her…
Dog Attack Long-tailed Macaque Rescued and Released
A few days ago some concerned locals brought a juvenile male long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) into the WFFT Wildlife Hospital for urgent treatment. He had been attacked by a feral dog close to the area in which he was living in Phetchaburi. Attacks on wild animals by feral dogs and…
White-crowned Hornbill and 2 Slow Loris Rescued
We received a call from a lady who had ‘rescued’ a juvenile white-crowned hornbill (Berenicornis comatus) and two Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) from a market. She called us and to our disbelief she told us that she had put these animals onto a public bus from Bangkok to Cha…
