What are black shouldered kites doing in Phnom Penh?
There’s a new trend in the illegal pet trade in town : birds of prey. It’s all over Phnom Penh: at markets around the city, reports to our Wildlife Crime Hotline (012 500 094) and in numerous posts on social media where sellers court buyers - who may even capture birds “to order” from the wild. In Cambodia, there are a [...]
Cambodian high school students talk forests and wildlife
In early 2021, our mobile education unit, Kouprey Express traveled to southwestern Koh Kong province, the home of the Cardamom rainforest. There, the team spoke to high school students about the forest and wildlife in their backyard. The students talked about the importance of environmental protection of their natural heritage for mitigating against climate impacts, including global heating, and for [...]
A Gibbon love story from Cambodia
Happy Valentine's Day! Love happens in the animal kingdom too, especially amongst species who mate for life! Here's an incredible love story from a Cambodian forest: Pileated Gibbons Nangali-soka and Karuna, met and fell in love! Male gibbon Nangali-soka lives in Uddom Srae Puos Forest in Kampong Speu province. He was regularly seen swinging through the trees with his mate, until [...]
World’s most beautiful primates rescued from illegal wildlife trade
What lives in the trees, has a blue face, is identified by its legs, and spends its days munching on leaves? A black-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nigripes), that’s what! Meet You-bee, a douc langur orphaned by the illegal wildlife trade. The Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team rescued the adorable 6-week old from people who were exploiting her in YouTube videos after a concerned [...]
Plight of the Primates in the illegal wildlife trade
When we rescued You-bee in February, one black-shanked Douc langur was a surprise. So imagine our shock when over the following four months we received a further three! With only 25 individual douc langurs rescued over the last 10 years, and then this year six in five months, it brings great concern about how and why we have [...]
Southeast Asia’s thriving illegal bird trade
Living out the rest of your life crammed in a cage in a dark, damp room; this is the reality of life for the millions of birds that are being trafficked as part of Southeast Asia’s thriving illegal wildlife trade. Photos taken by our Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) whilst on an operation in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, captured a [...]
There’s a new trend in the illegal pet trade in town : birds of prey. It’s all over Phnom Penh: at […]
In early 2021, our mobile education unit, Kouprey Express traveled to southwestern Koh Kong province, the home of the Cardamom […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Love happens in the animal kingdom too, especially amongst species who mate for life! […]
What lives in the trees, has a blue face, is identified by its legs, and spends its days munching […]
When we rescued You-bee in February, one black-shanked Douc langur was […]
Living out the rest of your life crammed in a cage in a dark, damp room; this is the reality of […]