Wild Long-tailed macaque emergency rescue
On Thursday we received a call from the Phetchaburi Livestock Department about an adult male long-tailed macaque in urgent need of medical attention. The macaque had been found in an area around Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park in Phetchaburi where many urban macaques live and often come into conflicts with…
‘Dam’ the Baby Serow Arrives at WFFT
A few days ago we received a call about a 4-month-old baby mainland serow that was being kept as a pet inside someone’s house. His mother was most likely poached from the wild for meat; he was then sold to be a pet for 1000 baht. The WFFT Rescue Team…
Macaques move to new Primate Forest at the Laos Wildlife Rescue Centre
The first open field enclosure for macaques at the Laos Wildlife Rescue Centre is now completed. Having spent many years in unsuitable environments a troop of 9 macaques have moved from the quarantine area where they had been gradually introduced to each other. 'Snickets group' is a mix of rescued…
Island Gibbon Family Update
The WFFT Gibbon Rehabilitation Islands provide a perfect naturalistic environment for gibbons that we aim to return back to the wild. The largest of the 8 gibbon rehabilitation islands is currently occupied by Tangkwah, the white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) and her 'family', made up of 5 other rescued adult gibbons…
Shot by poachers, a loris is rescued
Rescued just in time! A slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) was shot by poachers in a protected forest area in Petchburi, Thailand. The loris was able to climb into a tree and hide for a while, but came down after a while as it was weakended by the shot that went…
This is one ‘Lucky’ elephant
Lucky the elephant arrived at WFFT's Elephant Refuge late last night. A full assessment of her health is currently underway including blood samples, which have already been taken today. During this time she will be quarantined at the WFFT Elephant Hospital, becoming our first ever patient. She is severely malnourished,…
Black Baza rescued after poisoning on migration route
Last Saturday on the way to work a member of the WFFT team came across an injured bird. The bird was brought into the WFFT wildlife hospital and was promptly identified as a black baza (Aviceda leuphotes), a small bird of prey. It was found along the roadside without the…
Two lorises are rescued and re-homed at WFFT
WFFT recently received a visit from a couple that had kept two lorises as pets, they were leaving Thailand and wished to find new homes for the lorises. They had researched to find the best possible home for 'Lilka and Lisek' and decided the facilities of WFFT were most suitable.…
Happy 1st Birthday Princess!!!
We recently celebrated baby Princesses (Pin's) 1st birthday with a festivity of balloons, mountains of fresh fruit and an expertly carved bamboo birthday cake. Pin, her mother Pun and her two ever attentive aunties; Kaew Petch and La Ong Dao went into the grassland area of the WFFT Elephant Refuge…
The Journey Home
After 5 and half hours on a Indonesian military airplane the WFFT Team and 14 orangutans arrived safely in Indonesia. Here are some images taken during the flight home. Previous story and images can be found here http://bit.ly/1kTRoth
Jarvis the otter arrives at WFFT
'Jarvis' a female oriental small-clawed otter has been handed over to WFFT. Her owner purchased her a year ago from a captive breeder and decided to find a more suitable home. After researching various locations in Thailand they decided that WFFT would be the best place for Jarvis to socialize…
After six years of waiting they are finally on the way home!!!
Edwin and the team are currently flying to Jakarta, Indonesia to return 14 orangutans back to their homeland. WFFT has been campaigning for them to be repatriated since they were smuggled into Thailand almost a decade ago. All at WFFT are delighted to see them finally return home. The official…
