Thailand

Did you know gibbons are mostly monogamous? They often pair for life only finding a new partner if one off them passes away.

We want to introduce you to 'Baibua' an infant female Northern pig-tailed macaque who arrived at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre a few days ago.

This year we have seen very little rain in this part of Thailand resulting in our water reservoirs being unusually low and almost empty. In a few weeks, as the water runs dry, we will have to remove gibbons from their island homes out on the big lake at the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre.

Unlike most other wild cats, the fishing cat lives primarily along rivers and in mangrove forests. Their main prey is fish. They have webbed feet, this helps them swim and stops them from sinking when walking on mud.

Did you know that the WFFT Wildlife Hospital treats over 1000 animals every year? Many of these animals are rehabilitated and released back to the wild.

This week we received a phone call from a concerned local who found an infant Long-tailed Macaque who had been hit by a care and knocked unconscious.

What if I told you there is an animal on the earth that smells like hot buttered popcorn would you believe me? Yes, you did not read it wrong.

After spending many years in captivity two Large Bamboo Rat’s (Rhizomys sumatrensis) were handed over to WFFT a few days ago. We have named them Stuart and Little.

This project will be focused on giving refuge to cat species not found in Thailand and tigers from circuses in Europe, in collaboration with Stichting Leeuw in The Netherlands.

WFFT Highlights – August 2019

This week a family travelled from Bangkok to WFFT with a very young Common Squirrel monkey (Saimiri.) named ‘France’.

Did you know that macaques communicate using complex vocal and gestural signals? They vary among the species.