Rescued clouded leopard cubs get a new home!
On the 21st of March, one of our Cardamom Forest Protection Programme patrol teams interrupted a poacher when they were out on patrol. They saw the poacher discard something in the forest before fleeing so they went to investigate. Imagine their surprise when they found two tiny clouded leopard cubs in a bag on the forest floor. Records indicate these are [...]
This International Gibbon Day we celebrate 10 years at Angkor!
In December of 2013 after six months in an acclimatization enclosure our first gibbon pair, Baray and Saranick, took their first tentative steps back into the wild when they were released at the Angkor Archeological Park. Fast forward 10 years and we have now successfully released four pairs of gibbons, which have gone on to have eight offspring between them. This [...]
Rescuing the world’s most elusive cubs!
The rescue Pangolins, hornbills, and baby monkeys, unfortunate as it is, these are species that our forest rangers are used to rescuing from poachers. So, when our team set out on their patrol on the 21st of March, they did not expect to find these two tiny fluff balls discarded in the forest after disturbing a poacher who was likely on [...]
Sponsor Chhouk
Sponsor Chhouk for quarterly updates! If the story of Chhouk’s rescue and ongoing care has captured your heart, consider sponsoring him for yourself or as a gift for the elephant lover in your life! The valuable funding from our sponsorship program supports the care of Chhouk and our other rescued animals. If you choose to sponsor Cambodia’s first elephant with a [...]
Visit Chhouk on our Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Tour
Chhouk lives at Cambodia’s biggest, best, and most ethical wildlife attraction, Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre. It is situated roughly 40 km south of Phnom Penh in almost 2300 hectares of regenerating forest and is home to 1300 rescued animals across almost 100 native Cambodian species. We operate a top rated ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ fundraising tour at the center, with 100% of profits [...]
How to support Cambodia’s only elephant with a Prosthetic leg
Cambodia’s only elephant with a prosthetic leg, now named Chhouk, which means lotus flower in Khmer, was found in 2007 in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri, in the north-east of Cambodia. A horrendous leg injury from a hunting snare had caused him to lose his family and become extremely emaciated. With our care and support at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre, [...]
On the 21st of March, one of our Cardamom Forest Protection Programme patrol teams interrupted a poacher when they […]
In December of 2013 after six months in an acclimatization enclosure our first gibbon pair, Baray and Saranick, took their first […]
The rescue
Pangolins, hornbills, and baby monkeys, unfortunate as it is, these are species that our forest rangers are used […]
Sponsor Chhouk for quarterly updates!
If the story of Chhouk’s rescue and ongoing care has captured your heart, consider sponsoring […]
Chhouk lives at Cambodia’s biggest, best, and most ethical wildlife attraction, Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre. It is situated […]
Cambodia’s only elephant with a prosthetic leg, now named Chhouk, which means lotus flower in Khmer, was found in […]