One of the greatest threats facing wildlife in Southeast Asia is unsustainable levels of hunting. Wildlife Alliance has rescued over 200 civets from the illegal wildlife trade. However, the international demand remains high and we are seeing civets disappear [...]
Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, has become an international sensation. This exotic coffee sells for $30-$100 per cup and $100-$600 per pound. Retailers of this coffee market it as a rare product sourced from wild civets’ feces. They [...]
To intercept any poachers or illegal loggers leaving the protected landscape, rangers from the Green Peafowl Station (Sre Ambel) set up a vehicle checkpoint on a main road leading out of the Southern Cardamom National Park. One of the [...]
The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a small viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. It is widely [...]
Another civet was found dead in snares While on patrol, the Siamese Crocodile Station (Chhay Areng) rangers found a dead civet trapped in a snare. On the same day, the rangers collected 23 other snares from the forest. Snares are [...]
This morning, the Green Peafowl Station (Sre Ambel) rangers saved two civets from the cruel Coffee Trade (stay tuned for their release). The wildlife trafficker escaped by fleeing into the forest after throwing the bag containing the civets on the ground. [...]
Chambak Patrol Station dismantled 87 traps specially design to catch one of the most coveted mammal. Chan Hong, the head ranger from Chambak Patrol Station said that the hunters are trapping the civets by tempting them with fresh pineapple and the [...]
Cardamom Rainforest anti-poaching squad This morning, 04.30AM a check point made by the Global Park Defense System anti-poaching squad. "We control all the motorbikes coming from O Chai area towards the community area Chi Path. At 07.12 AM one [...]
Cardamom Mountains The Steung Proat Patrol Unit was traversing the forest on motor bikes and by foot when they found a live civet trapped in a snare. Carefully, the rangers freed the civet from the poacher’s snare and found [...]
Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha occurs throughout mainland South East Asia into the Himalayan foothills of India and Nepal. As a characteristic species of the forest floor civets are disproportionately impacted by the pervasive snares – the silent killers [...]
