Raising awareness of wildlife and habitat protection
In late August, the Kouprey Express Team (KE) conducted two trips to Phnom Tamao Zoo, Takeo province. There were 92 teachers and 578 students from Kampong Speu province’s 4 core-schools – having Prambeymoom, Samroung, Phumin, and Watbeng core-school. This was a yet another great, happy trip with one another as we have done so many times with communities and schools from all [...]
International Primate Day 2018
International Primate Day 2018 On September 1 we celebrate International Primate Day, a day dedicated to preserving and protecting all primate species. Why conserve primates? The majority of primate populations are declining and most species are under threat from a multitude of factors including hunting, habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, disease, and climate change. A [...]
Visit Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre
Did you know there are several options available to visit Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre? Over the next few Tuesday's we're going to let you know about all of the available options, as we get lots of questions about this!! Wildlife Alliance runs a 'Behind-the-Scenes' fundraising tour at the centre, with 100% of profits going to our rescue, rehabilitation and release projects [...]
Wildlife Alliance’s Mobile Environmental Educator in Phnom Prek
The earth is beautiful, the atmosphere is clean, water is not dirty, the forest, the wild animals, and the birds, crying out loudly. All these things are the nature of the natural environment that we have to jointly care for the beauty of the whole world. On August 12th 2018, The Kouprey Team, the Wildlife Alliance’s Mobile Environmental Educator, went to [...]
A motley troop of rescued macaques were released into the wild
A motley troop of rescued macaques were released into the wild! The monkeys were introduced to each other and bonded at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia. The monkeys were all rescued from the illegal wildlife trade or donated by owners keeping them illegally as pets. Macaques are very social animals and depend on their troop to survive in the [...]
Baby gibbon saved by Wildlife Police
We received information from a foreigner concerning a baby gibbon being carried around streets close to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. The WRRT went in search but were unable to find the animal. However following an investigation by WRRT assistant manager, Dara, the infant was seen inside the house of a former high ranking official in Stung Treng province. The [...]