New Carbon Credit Deal will Protect the Southern Cardamom Rainforest
Wildlife Alliance and the Cambodian Ministry of Environment recently signed an agreement to develop and implement Cambodia’s largest REDD+ program in the Southern Cardamom National Park and Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary. The goal of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is to contribute to climate change mitigation actions by attaching value to standing forests through carbon credits. Deforestation and forest [...]
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 [...]
Wildlife Alliance and the Cambodian Ministry of Environment recently signed an agreement to develop and implement Cambodia’s […]
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 […]