Monster’s Nursery Update Number 2!
The nursery is still very much bustling with babies! I am happy to say that the team has been working hard to release any animals that have grown strong enough to venture into the wild, including a beautiful spotted wood owl! She came to us a few weeks ago from the illegal pet trade, not yet having gotten it’s adult feathers, [...]
World Environment Day
This year, more than ever, the pressing issues we are tackling to save the environment are at the forefront of our minds. From climate change rallies and strikes, to the worst bush fires on record across several continents to a worldwide pandemic. So many of these events have highlighted how all living things on Earth are connected and how we need [...]
Monster’s Nursery Update Number 1!
Black-shouldered kite As usual at this time of year, the nursery has become very noisy with many baby birds being confiscated from traders. It is breeding time for a lot of bird species in Cambodia, so the traders raid the nests for chicks and eggs to sell into the illegal exotic pet trade. Our expert Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team work 24/7 [...]
World Otter Day
On Wednesday the 27th of March we celebrate World Otter Day! Why, you might ask, would otters be so special that they get a day of celebration in their honour? Unfortunately, as with most things with a dedicated day of celebration, it’s normally due to negative reasons. However, let’s see if we can steer this ship in another direction! How [...]
Enriching the lives of Phnom Tamao’s residents
A smooth-coated otter plays with some plastic balls as part of the enrichment program If we can ever appreciate the importance of enrichment for captive animals, now is certainly the time. Locked indoors? Going stir crazy within the same walls day in and day out? Sick of seeing the same scenery, the same housemates, everyday?! We’re all in the same [...]
Conserving Cambodia’s wildlife: the case for Endangered species breeding programs
A Critically Endangered Sunda pangolin rescued after loosing a leg to a snare gets its wound cleaned with iodine by vets at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. What is an ‘Endangered species’? We hear the term used all the time, and the definition is quite broad, subjective, and open to interpretation. The IUCN defines an Endangered species when ‘there is [...]
The nursery is still very much bustling with babies! I am happy to say that the team has been […]
This year, more than ever, the pressing issues we are tackling to save the environment are at the forefront […]
Black-shouldered kite
As usual at this time of year, the nursery has become very noisy with many […]
On Wednesday the 27th of March we celebrate World Otter Day! Why, you might ask, would otters be so […]
A smooth-coated otter plays with some plastic balls as part of the enrichment program
If we can […]
A Critically Endangered Sunda pangolin rescued after loosing a leg to a snare gets its wound cleaned with iodine […]