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June 2008 Newsletter

June 27, 2008

A Golden Opportunity Nobody looks forward to a dental check-up, least of all a 550 lb. tiger sporting 3-inch long canines. In March, a team of veterinarians gathered at the Utyos Rehabilitation Center outside the Russian town of Khabarovsky to watch as Lyuti, a 15-year-old Amur tiger suffering from toothache, was given a brand new golden tooth. Read More about Lyuti's trip to the dentist Disney Supports Environmental Education in Cambodia Wildlife Alliance would like to thank the Conservation and Environmental Sustainability Division of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts for selecting the Kouprey Express Environmental Education program as a grant recipient of the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF). Disney's $20,000 gift will go toward environmental education initiatives in Cambodia's southwest Koh Kong Province, as Wildlife Alliance educators help teachers, schoolchildren and community members better understand habitat protection, wildlife protection, pollution prevention and sustainable livelihoods. Taking Root in Khao Yai National Park In recent months, a flurry of youthful activity in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park has set the park and its visitors buzzing. Read about Khao Yai's special visitors, reforestation activities within the park, and the new Khao Yai Sustainable Visitor's Guide, now available online. Read about tree planting activities in Khao Yai and view the Khao Yai Sustainable Visitor's Guide online The Rescue Diaries This month in the Wildlife Rescue Diaries: A monk from a Buddhist pagoda donates a leopard cat; a young boy and his family rescue a pigtailed macaque from a market in Phnom Penh and deliver it into the capable hands of Wildlife Alliance staff; a pileated gibbon adapts to its new home after a woman brings it to the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team in Sihanoukville. Look through photo albums that bring the work of the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team to life World Bank Tiger Initiative Wildlife Alliance, an active member of the International Tiger Coalition, was pleased to attend the launch of the World Bank’s Tiger Conservation Initiative at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 2008. The Bank was launching its first-ever species conservation initiative around the tiger, Asia’s greatest wild predator and an umbrella species for habitats throughout Asia, from the jungles of Sumatra to the snowy taiga of the Russian Far East. Read more about this groundbreaking event on our website. Also read an Agence France Presse report on the event. A Conservation Hero The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) has selected Sang Vanda as a 2008 DWCF Hero for his commitment to conservation. Vanda is the driver and head educator for Wildlife Alliance's Kouprey Express mobile environmental education project in Cambodia. Prior to joining the Kouprey Express in early 2007, Vanda worked as a police officer and bus driver. Having no knowledge of English or computers before joining Wildlife Alliance, Vanda now speaks basic English, uses a computer on a daily basis, and leads delivery of the Kouprey Express' interactive environmental education program. His enthusiasm and ability to connect with students makes him an instant hit in the classroom, and he has played a key role in raising environmental awareness in rural schools throughout Cambodia. As a DWCF Hero, Vanda will also receive a $1,000 gift which he plans to use to further his son's education and to help his family. On behalf of all the Wildlife Alliance staff... Congratulations, Vanda!  Read more about the Kouprey Express' environmental education activities Ways You Can Help Help us protect wildlife and wild places Donate Sign up to receive E-News Email friends and family Tell - A - Friend Visit our Homepage Join us on Facebook & My Space