Chhouk, the Elephant, Receives a New Prosthetic Foot
Chhouk, our young disabled male elephant, recently received a new prosthetic foot. At ten years old, Chhouk continues to grow quickly and is going through prosthetics just as fast! Late last year, the Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (CSPO) fitted Chhouk and made him a new shoe. The new design is lighter, stronger, and quicker for our staff to change. [...]
World Pangolin Day 2017
This Saturday we are celebrating the 6th annual World Pangolin Day! Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world, with conservative estimates suggesting that at least 10,000 pangolins are trafficked each year. Despite this conservation crisis, most people have never even heard of them. These shy animals don't get the same media coverage that some larger mammals get, and World [...]
World Pangolin Day
Saturday is World Pangolin Day! This past year we have been delighted to celebrate two births and four tagged releases, and Lucy our strong willed double amputee continues to thrive at our Wildlife Release Station. We couldn't achieve all this without your support, and to say thank we are giving you the opportunity to name the newly arrived rescued pangolin, a privilege [...]
Prepare Our Otters for Return to the Wild — Help Build a Waterfall!
© Peter Yuen Home to four families of smooth coated otters and the only captive hairy nosed otter in the world, Wildlife Alliance’s Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center is otter heaven! These naturally curious and playful animals require a lot of enrichment to keep them as stimulated as they would be in the wild. Our keepers are constantly coming up with [...]
Community Rangers Save Wildlife in their Village
The ultimate goal for every animal in our care is reintroduction back into the wild. Hundreds of animals have been rehabilitated at our Wildlife Rehabilitation Station inside the protected forest of the Southern Cardamoms. Here, the animals are kept in large forested enclosures and provided with expert care until they are ready for release. The program has seen remarkable success, but [...]
Good News for Elephants: China Bans Ivory Trade
On the heels of one of Cambodia’s biggest ivory busts in history, China recently announced that it will ban the sale of ivory by the end of 2017. Following years of international pressure, this announcement will shut down the largest ivory market in the world. Estimates suggest that at least 50 to 70 percent of smuggled ivory ends up in China [...]
Chhouk, our young disabled male elephant, recently received a new prosthetic foot. At ten years old, Chhouk continues to grow quickly […]
This Saturday we are celebrating the 6th annual World Pangolin Day! Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world, with […]
Saturday is World Pangolin Day! This past year we have been delighted to celebrate two births and four tagged releases, and […]
© Peter Yuen
Home to four families of smooth coated otters and the only captive hairy nosed otter in the world, Wildlife […]
The ultimate goal for every animal in our care is reintroduction back into the wild. Hundreds of animals have been rehabilitated […]
On the heels of one of Cambodia’s biggest ivory busts in history, China recently announced that it will […]