Walking with elephants
"Walking with elephants" a story by Nidhi Joshi Hereunder a story by Nidhi Josahi, an ex-volunteer who stayed at WFFT and helped out with caring for the elephants. Thanks Nidhi!
A bear rescue long overdue…
A bear moving out after almost 20 years! UDPATE May 10th 2013. Nuru has had her second medical check up and a full dental treatment at WFFT and is doing fine. She is still a bit stressed from her new surroundings but we hope to have her out in the…
Getting friends after 22 years solitary confinement
Re-socializing after being a life-time alone Nadaeng is the Stumptailed macaque that was rescued 6 months ago after spending 22 years in a small dirty enclosure. She lived behind a market in Kuraburi, Ranong in Southern Thailand with a gibbon living in an equally small cage, to see the original…
Phuket authorities told to clean up their act on wildlife
Slow lorises, Langurs and Gibbons NOT confiscated yet The governor of Phuket Province and the Director-general of the Department of National Parks have told their officials to urgently enforce wildlife protection laws and arrest anyone walking around with protected animals as photo-opportunity on the island of Phuket after the Wildlife…
WFFT and WFI at CITES COP16
CITES COP hosted in Bangkok CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) is holding its (COP) Conference of the Parties in Bangkok, Thailand this year. This COP is held every three years somewhere around the world by one of the 178 parties, the last one being held in 2010…
CITES conference weekend trip
Weekend trip to Wildlife rescue center and Wildlife hospital of WFFT weekend of 8-10 March 2012 During the CITES COP13 conference in Bangkok 2004 we welcomed various groups from many participating countries during the weekend to our wildlife rescue center and had a great relaxing and informative weekend combined…
Snake rescue and release
Big or small, snakes should not come into your home! Not everyone likes snakes, we know that, but nobody likes a snake to enter their house for sure. Today we were called to catch a snake in the house of a farmer in a small village nearby. The snake, a…
More anger on lack of protection for wildlife
- A press release by AAA Thailand- Wildlife will not receive protection from cruelty under new Thai animal welfare laws! How many more animals in Thailand have to be sacrificed for no reason? Or wildlife in Thailand is destined to be voiceless, to have no rights to be protected and…
WSPA still plays an ugly game
Ugly lies We all at WFFT remember very well how the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) took credit for the hard work during the Central Thailand floods (2011) and after the Tsunami (2004-2005). Not just WFFT but also the "Thai AGA" and "Soi Dogs" were exploited by…
Cola the bear sees the dentist!
Cola bear sees the dentist! Cola is a Malayan sunbear rescued from Kao Sukim Temple in Chanthaburi (see Animal Planet’s “Lyndal’s Lifeline” ) early 2005. Cola was rescued with 2 other bears and 12 monkeys after spending 8 years at the temple in a concrete pit. Pepsi, Sprite and Cola…
WFFT panorama photo
Have a look around WFFT now! Supported by Little Planet (www.littleplanet.nl) we are now mapping the complete WFFT projects with panoramic photographs, so future volunteers and visitors can see what to expect when arriving at WFFT. At the same time volunteers and donors can see how many changes have been…
Parliamentary committee meeting at WFFT rescue center
Parliamentary committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights meets at WFFT Wildlife Rescue Center On Friday the 2nd of November 2012 a parliamentary committee visited the WFFT wildlife rescue center and Elephant refuge, on invitation of the Foundation. The invitation was send by Noi and Edwin to show the work,…
Wildlife Friends is still fighting charges after nemesis retires (AP)
From Animal People From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2012: (Actually published on November 1, 2012.) Wildlife Friends is still fighting charges after nemesis retires BANGKOK–Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conserva-tion chief Damrong Phidet retired on September 31, 2012 after deploying 3,000 staff on July 28 to demolish nine…
Thailand: Law enforcement or personal grudge?
Another unbelievable story of abuse of power Mr Damrong Pidech has finally retired, but that doesn’t mean that all the evil he has done will be over and gone. Here is a story explaining one of his attacks on Edwin, Noi and WFFT that has made it to the prosecutor…
ASEAN-WEN’s DNP double standards of enforcement!
DNP chief still won’t get rid of double standards, or is this indeed a personal matter? Part 1 – 30 August 2012 One week after WFFT was raided (February 13th till 27th) and animals were brutally chased and beaten by DNP officials and locally hired thugs there was another serious…
WFFT raid: Parliamentary hearings on abuse of power, slander and harassments
Parliamentary hearings on abuse of power and harassment Parliament, Bangkok – 22 August 2012 On Wednesday 22nd of August a second hearing was held with the Parliamentary Committee on law and human rights in the parliament building in Bangkok Thailand. On this second meeting the DNP officials were summoned to…