Camels and Giraffes! Wow! Our WFFT mobile clinic had to treat some new species (for us new at least) in this week. A tourist theme park nearby has recently opened and they have received several camels and giraffes. Although the facilities at this park are pretty good compared to other…
Hit by a car two months ago resulting in a fractured leg but home now "Brenda" is a female long-tailed macaque living on the "Khao Wang" mountain in Petchburi city. She was hit by a truck on one of the roads nearby the mountain nad was seen limbing around her…
A perfect rescue is one where the animal goes back to the wild in good health! ‘Hoggle’, a shy baby boy was attacked by dogs when he ventured away from his mother at their temple home. He has undergone 3 surgeries to repair deep wounds to his right leg and…
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) for primates at WFFT As in human medicine, advanced imaging techniques like MRI scans are required to diagnose disorders of the brain and nervous system in animals. So, when the medical team at the WFFT wildlife hospital encountered 2 new primate rescues with brain and…
Wildlife Friends Foundation found NOT GUILTY of running an illegal wildlife hospital Today 27th of August 2013 the prosecutor and provincial court have ruled that the WFFT Foundation was not illegally running a wildlife clinic or animal hospital as charged by some officials early last year! The case has…
FINALLY GOT HIM! WFFT received a report from concerned Facebook members and the abbot of a temple, about a monkey with a severe swelling in his mouth that seemed to have trouble eating and appeared to be very weak. The WFFT wildlife rescue team visited the area were the monkey…
Newly arrived Nuru and old Ompoom receive treatment Our medical team, led by Dr Eve and Dr Louise, have recently made time in their busy hospital schedule to give dental treatment to newly arrived bear “Nuru” and our long-term resident “Ompoom”. Both bears have suffered dental disease after years innapropriate…
Successful treatment of Melioidosis infection in a group of 8 stump tailed macaques at WFFT 2012 brought challenging times for our veterinary team with the appearance of a serious bacterial disease in our resident group of stump tailed macaques. All 8 of our rescued stump tails were affected by the…
Medical Story Feb 2012 to date: Stump tailed macaques and melioidosis 2012 brought challenging times for our veterinary team with the appearance of a serious bacterial disease in our group of stump tailed macaques. All 8 of our rescued stump tails were affected by the disease ‘Melioidosis’, a bacterial infection…
Bernard’s Rescue Update on the "angry" bird... In December 2012 WFFT received a call about an injured emu that had escaped from a temple in Hua Hin and been caught by a local foundation. The WFFT rescue team arrived to find, not an emu, but a very sick Cassowary. The…
'Surgery may restore sight for 'Nee' the Gibbon after over 10 years of blindness' Great news at WFFT today for 'Nee' an elderly, male, white-handed Gibbon who will be given the chance to see again after over 10 years in the dark! Nee is a well-loved, long term resident…
GOOD NEWS UPDATE! Friday 8th of February 2013 Nee has just arrived from Chulalongkorn University and we have good news! The retina of one of the eyes of Nee is still functioning and full eye surgery can be done in the coming month. The after-care will be a difficult…
Hope for the animals The ophthalmologist team from Chulalongkorn University’s veterinary faculty today joined the WFFT wildlife medical team to asses the situation of the eyesight of a few rescued animals, some brought in recently. The eyes of Boonmee, the recently rescue elephant, had to be checked really well. Boonmee…
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE! Today 27th of August 2013 the prosecutor and provincial court have ruled that the WFFT Foundation was not illegally running a wildlife clinic or animal hospital as charged by some officials early last year! The case has been dropped against the foundation and we can continue our…