Want bear soup?
High level golfers would like to serve bear paw soup after golf tournaments, as a sign of status. That is, if you live in Southeast Asia. I helped eradicate this practice in Cambodia 15 years ago after I found live bears in cages behind Phnom Penh restaurants, waiting for their next paw to be chopped off. I offered support to the Forestry [...]
You call this traditional medicine?
I would like to share with you one of the atrocities that we are involved in as wildlife police in charge of cracking down on international wildlife trafficking cases. I lead an organization called Wildlife Alliance that arrests wildlife smugglers and seizes live animals that are being trafficked to China and Vietnam for “ traditional medicine”. In this case, we arrived too [...]
Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center animals play with their new toys
It is very important to us to make sure that the animals we care for are entertained, engaged, and happy, and making toys for them is a big job! The keepers are very interested in creating enrichment for the animals they care for, and it is always fun to watch the animals play with their new toys. Who doesn't love getting [...]
Wildlife Release Station camera trap
This is a camera trap photo of a leopard cat that was taken in the forest in the Cardamom mountains. We have released many leopard cats here and are so happy to say that they are doing very well! While they are fairly elusive, if you stay at our Wildlife Release Station there is a chance you might be able to see [...]
Angkor Wat Gibbon Family update
Happy Update on the Angkor Wat Gibbon Family! As you may know Wildlife Alliance has secured a contract to repopulate pileated gibbons in the Siem Reap area. We have released two families to date, with a third family in an acclimation enclosure onsite getting used to the sites and sounds before their release. We are so very happy to report that [...]
Cambodian Prime Minister Endorses Tiger Reintroduction Plans
The last record of tiger from Cambodia was in November 2007 from Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri. The extirpation of tiger from Cambodia was largely due to poaching, of tigers and tiger prey, for the illegal wildlife trade. Acknowledging the species’ functional extinction from Cambodia tiger reintroduction was identified as a critical action in the Cambodia Tiger Action Plan (CTAP). This was [...]
High level golfers would like to serve bear paw soup after golf tournaments, as a sign of status. That is, if […]
I would like to share with you one of the atrocities that we are involved in as wildlife police in charge […]
It is very important to us to make sure that the animals we care for are entertained, engaged, and happy, and […]
This is a camera trap photo of a leopard cat that was taken in the forest in the Cardamom mountains. We […]
Happy Update on the Angkor Wat Gibbon Family! As you may know Wildlife Alliance has […]
The last record of tiger from Cambodia was in November 2007 from Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri. The extirpation of tiger from […]