Blog2024-03-28T05:46:43-04:00

Furniture shop illegally selling endangered wildlife parts

The Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) searched a furniture shop in Cambodia’s capital after obtaining a warrant. Inside, they found the horns of Endangered and Vulnerable animals mounted on wood heads and nearly 100 feathers from endangered green peafowls. The horns consisted of three pairs of gaur (V) horns, one pair of sambar deer (V) horns, and three pairs of banteng [...]

Sambar deer successfully released into the Cardamom Rainforest

A small herd of sambar deer made up of a male and two females were released into the Cardamom Rainforest. Each of the three deer came to the Wildlife Release Station (WRS) from different backgrounds but were rehabilitated and released together. The male was found as a fawn with a broken leg in the Phnom Tamao forest after a village dog [...]

Combating Wildlife Trafficking

Through our Combating Wildlife Trafficking grant program, we have supported some of the continuing activities of the Wildlife Alliance's Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team, such as helping the Cambodian government to institutionalize a national wildlife crime program by training additional wildlife officers. The program aims to protect Cambodia's endangered wildlife including Asian elephants, leopards, Malayan sunbears, and pangolins. The numbers are impressive. Since [...]

WRRT confiscates 381 lbs (173 kg) of wildlife meat from market

The Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) traveled to the northeast province of Ratanakiri to investigate a local market reputed to sell bushmeat. With information about a vendor selling wildlife meat behind beef, the team ambushed the market from two sides and sealed off the stalls selling beef. After searching the stalls in question, the team found and confiscated 381 lbs (173 [...]

GIANT Ibis survey- Frédéric GOES

A GIANT IBIS SURVEY IN THE SRE AMBEL VALLEY, SOUTHERN CARDAMOMS PROTECTED FOREST Background Methods Itinerary Constrains Results Discussion Recommendation References Download PDF  GIANT Ibis survey- Frédéric GOES 1. BACKGROUND In August 2011, the NGO Wildlife Alliance announced a single Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea had been captured on a camera-trap [...]

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