Support the campaign to free Milo the orangutan
Milo needs your help! Milo is a 13 year old Orangutan who has spent her life in terrible conditions in Phuket Zoo, Thailand. She is a living in a dark concrete box that is closed with a roller blind, and gets no light. For the hours she is outside,…
A rare flying fox arrives at WFFT
This morning a Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei) was brought into the WFFT Wildlife Hospital for medical treatment after being found unable to fly in a forested area in the city of Ayutthaya. Following a medical examination of 'Batty', as he has been named, we found that he has a…
Albino African pygmy hedgehog rescued
We received a call this morning from a nun at temple in Phetchaburi after she had taken in an African pygmy hedgehog that was going to be released into the wild at the temple. These animals are not native to Thailand so releasing him to wild would be irresponsible. These…
Electrocuted Macaque Sparkie Returns Home
'Sparkie' the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) returns home after spending the past 6 months recovering at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. Back in August of last year he was electrocuted after climbing on exposed power lines, he then fell into a busy road and collided with a moving vehicle. He…
East-Asian Porcupine rescue
This Monday morning our week started with a busy day in our wildlife hospital. A malayan porcupine that was kept at a temple in Prachuapkhirikhan province was brought in with a bleeding nose and our veterinary team quickly started with a diagnose and treatment. The porcupine has a huge swelling…
Burmese Python Returns to the Forest
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) that was found in a road not too far from the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre last week has been released into a protected area not to far from WFFT. He spent just over a week in our care to ensure he was eating properly and…
3 Endangered Elongated tortoises rescued from the cooking pot
A concerned local has rescued three endangered elongated tortoises (Indotestudo elongata) after he found them at a friend’s house destined for the dinner plate. The person who planned to eat the tortoises had initially purchased six from a market and already eaten three of them. Luckily the kind man stepped…
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!
First 5 tigers have been removed from the tiger temple by Thai authorities overnight. The expoitation, illegal trade and torture is going to stop. ADDED 5 hours after our first post: An organisation in Australia is claiming we breached a "media blackout" by posting a tweet this morning on the…
Finally free after ten years in chains….
Yesterday we received a call about a macaque in need of help, so this morning the WFFT Rescue Team headed out to assess the situation. The macaque in question is 'Mam', a 10-year-old adult female long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), most likely caught from the wild as an infant to be…
3 Slow Loris and a baby Common Palm Civet Rescued
Three adult Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) and a common palm civet kitten (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) have been brought into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. The lady who brought them to WFFT had found them being kept by friends after being purchased via Facebook, she informed her friends about the work…
Update – Tiger Temple – Is it nearing the end of the sanctuary of hell………?
The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand is pleased to see that National Geographic has presented to the world evidence concerning the disgraceful actions of the Tiger Temple Thailand. The evidence presented has been collected over many years by numerous individuals and organizations, which have tried to expose the atrocities behind closed…
Slow loris dies shortly after arrival
A few days ago a slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) was brought for urgent medical treatment. He had been found in the garden of a concerned local who had kept him for 1 month prior contacting us. Sadly he died shortly after arrival. The results of the postmortem found that…
