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WRRT Rescues 1,277 Animals Last Quarter

The 24-hour Wildlife Alliance Wildlife Rescue Hotline has proved to be an extremely successful way of obtaining information regarding the illegal wildlife trade. The Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) was recently tipped off by an informant to inspect the Phsa Samaki Markets in Phnom Penh. There, from a single unattended stall, the team seized two slow lorises, a long-tailed macaque, a blossom-headed [...]

Wildlife Alliance on the ABC Show, The Wildlife Docs

The ABC show, The Wildlife Docs, visited Wildlife Alliance in Cambodia and is airing their trip over three episodes. In the episodes, you will meet our dedicated team and get a glimpse into our wildlife care, release, and education programs. The first two episodes have aired and the third is set to air this Saturday, November 19. On the next episode, Cambodian [...]

November 17, 2016|Categories: Phnom Tamao, Wildlife Care|Tags: , , , , |

Could REDD help save an embattled forest in Cambodia?

  Mongabay's Rhett Butler interviews Wildlife Alliance's CEO, Suwanna Gauntlett, to discuss the future of Cambodia's Southern Cardamom Mountains. "We knew, that, if we allowed fragmentation, the forest would end up being reduced to islands surrounded by human development. This was not an acceptable outcome for Wildlife Alliance nor its donor community who shares our concern for global climate and for [...]

Wildlife Alliance CEO, Suwanna Gauntlett, Key Note Speaker at Animal Rescue Event

  On Saturday, November 12, Wildlife Alliance founder and CEO, Suwanna Gauntlett, will be speaking at the Four Pillars Productions ‘Rescue Me!’ event in Toronto, Canada.  Suwanna will be speaking about wildlife trafficking and the daily perils of ending the trade.  The one day animal fundraising event will raise awareness and discuss issues related to “rescuing” domestic, farm, wild and marine animals. [...]

World Unites to Approve a Ban on the International Trade of Pangolins!

At this year’s conference, delegates of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) voted to list all eight species of pangolin under Appendix I, giving them the highest level of protection available.  Appendix I is reserved for “the most endangered” species and prohibits the international trade of those listed.  The decision to move pangolins [...]

Exciting Results from a Camera Trap Survey!

Last fall, Wildlife Alliance rangers set 40 camera traps in northern Botum Sakor National Park and eagerly waited to see the wildlife that would pass by over the next five months. All the cameras have now been collected and the results are promising! Seven globally threatened species were documented, including greater hog badger (Vulnerable), pig-tailed macaque (Vulnerable), dhole (Endangered), sun bear [...]

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