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The time is almost here for 14 confiscated orangutans to finally be returned home to Indonesia. The animals have been held for almost 7 years after being confiscated from private zoos in southern Thailand. Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, founded by Edwin Wiek, have campaigned heavily, fighting for their repatriation and…

Treatment and rehabilitation a success!   After one week of treatment and rehabilitation we have returned 48 pangolins back to the wild last night, on several secret locations. The WFFT/LWRC wildlife rescue team joined Lao government law enforcement officials on a mission to return the freedom to these magnificent animals.…

PRESS RELEASE   Large confiscation of pangolins arrive at WFFT / Lao Wildlife Rescue Centre Yesterday Laos PDR enforcement officials confiscated 81 pangolins at a checkpoint on the border between Thailand and Laos. As the Laos Wildlife Rescue is the only multi-species wildlife rescue center in Laos PDR the officials…

  WFFT does not encourage or promote the unnecessary breeding of captive wildlife however accidents do occasionally happen. Many of you may know the rescued Malayan sun bears Kaka and Gallamair, they have been at our rescue centre for around six years and had been living together since they were…

  We received a call from the Petchaburi Livestock Department for assistance with an injured long-tailed macaque. A concerned monk had brought the injured macaque to the livestock dept. from Wat Khao Wang in Petchaburi for urgent veterinary treatment. Someone had shot this adult male macaque, the WFFT Rescue Team…

  A slow loris that was rescued by Junie and her team at Lanta Animal Welfare (LAW) in Koh Lanta has been brought into the WFFT Wildlife Hospital. The loris was found weak and severely malnourished by a public road. As LAW specilize in the care of dogs and cats,…

Laos Wildlife Rescue Center presents you with an un-BEAR-lievable volunteer opportunity! Have you ever wanted to see instant results from your donated time or money volunteering? Are you up for a challenge and want to be part of something really special, which will radically change the lives of some very…

The war on gibbon exploitation continues! Yesterday, the 14th of October, police and DNP officials raided several houses on Koh Samui Island after WFFT made again a detailed complaint about the use of illegally obtained gibbons in tourism. The gibbons were used day and night as photo-props on the beaches…

Relocating a handsome boy! A fully grown male pig-tailed macaque has been scaring villagers in Petchburi province for a few days this week. After villagers could no longer feel safe in their houses they called WFFT to catch and relocate the big boy! The macaque probably came from Kaengkrachan National…

STOP WILDLIFE EXPLOITATION FOR TOURISM On Saturday the 29th of August 2015 Officials of the Department of National Parks (DNP) led by Mr. Suwat Suksiri, head of the Thungthale non-hunting area, arrested two individuals with illegally obtained young gibbons. Both man, Mr Anand Nadee and Mr Bancha Songkhai, had illegally…

14 ORANG-UTANS TO BE RETURNED TO INDONESIA Press release 14 orangutans to be repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia. THE REAL STORY Over the last 48 hours many stories have been posted by several media outlets on the repatriation of 14 orangutans that were smuggled into Thailand in 2007 and 2008.…

THAI IVORY DESTROYED On Wednesday the 26th of August Thailand burned its confiscated ivory, that mostly originated from African elephants killed for this ivory in the last few years. This move by the authorities was a first positive step in the right direction of better enforcement to tackle the trade…