Durian the Long-tailed Macaque Rescued
Last week some local people brought in a juvenile long-tailed macaque (macaca fascicularis). They had found him one month prior to bringing him into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre after…
Last week some local people brought in a juvenile long-tailed macaque (macaca fascicularis). They had found him one month prior to bringing him into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre after…
Last week we welcomed some very special guests, a parliamentary committee on animal welfare and wildlife protection. The founder of WFFT, Edwin Wiek is a honorary advisor to this committee…
Over the past few weeks we have had numerous infant slow loris brought into the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. A few days ago this little one was found in a…
Tomorrow the WFFT Rescue Team will head out to free 50-year-old elephant ‘Thong-Ma’ from a life of chains and abuse. We have managed to raise $12,710 USD of the $22,000…
What a joy when residents, after having a terrible life because of humans, can finally act like they should have always done. You maybe have followed the recent progress of…
In January 2016 a little sun bear cub arrived at WFFT and changed my life. Just a few weeks old Bowie as we called her had been sold as a…
Let us introduce you Laurel, the male Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) who was found by people in their car engine about 1 hour from the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre.…
You may have seen the story of little Petal earlier in the week...? Just a few days later we received a call about another calf with a severely injured leg.…
ກະລຸນນາກົດອ່ານພາສາລາວຂ້າງລຸ່ມ Earlier this week the Laos Wildlife Rescue Centre received call for help from the Laos Government regarding a large confiscation of animals at the Thai-Laos border. A man had…
Do you remember Joe the macaque that spent 25 years in solitary confinement, in a trash filled box in Bangkok? The start of Joe's story is harrowing. Thanks to all…
Two young male Northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina) who were rescued just over a year ago have been successfully integrated into a troop of 17 other macaques, and now call…
It is out of control right now! Over the last 17 years I, Edwin Wiek, founder to he Wildlife Friends Foundation, thought I had seen it all when it is…
This morning WFFT staff and volunteers celebrated the 16th year of the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. Here are some pictures from this mornings merit making and offerings to the monks…
Meet ‘Jump’ the female oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) who was brought in a few days ago by some people that claimed they found her in a Bangkok suburb. We…
Over the last month or so members of the WFFT Staff and Volunteer Teams have been working very hard upgrading and refurbishing the large open-top macaque fields at WFFT’s Project…
Two days we received four adult Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) from a man who had been taking care of them after they were left in his care after his…
Today marks one year since Maggie the infant orangutan was found outside the gate of the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre. She has continued to grow in confidence over the last…
Meet ‘Tigger’, the 6-month old female leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). She had been kept as a pet in a high rise apartment in Bangkok city centre after being purchased from…
PRESS RELEASE January 31, 2017. Wildlife Friend Foundation chalked up a hard-fought win today, with a Supreme Court of Thailand decision clearing founder Edwin Wiek, president Jansaeng Sangnanork and…
Last week the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand collaborated with the Mahanakorn University of Technology Faculty of Veterinary Science on a de-sexing program in the village where the WFFT Wildlife Rescue…