Help Rangers Protect Endangered Cambodian Wildlife

For wildlife in the Cardamoms, rangers mean the difference between life and death and your donations make their work possible! This Marbled Cat was rescued at just a few weeks old. She was weak, frightened and in urgent need of milk - but her mother was nowhere in sight.

The kitten was found after she wandered onto a farm. Luckily, the farmer turned her over to rangers who immediately transported her to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre. There, keepers worked around the clock to provide critical milk and more, just like mama! Soon after, she was out of the danger zone and today she’s thriving!

While rangers routinely rescue animals like this Marbled Cat, her donation to rangers by a villager is the exception. Most animals are rescued from certain death in snares. Once set, snares are like ticking time bombs for wildlife: they catch and kill indiscriminately, meaning no animal is safe. Once caught, animals typically die in the snare or from the resulting infections after breaking free. But rangers make the forest safer by removing snares. In the first nine months of this year, rangers have removed over 19,000 snares, and rescued 271 live animals, including threatened species. Other lucky animals rescued this year include a Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolin donated by a villager, a Slow Loris confiscated from a poacher, and a Sun Bear released from a snare. Unlike the Marbled Cat, which will be hand-raised by Nursery keepers at Phnom Tamao until it is old enough to be released, all of these animals could be released immediately back into the forest because they were mature and in good health.

Besides the day to day rescues, our rangers have made great strides for wildlife, especially elephants. The Cardamom Rainforest Landscape is an important habitat for an estimated 400 Endangered Asian elephants. Since 2006, Wildlife Alliance rangers have achieved zero elephant poaching. What’s more, our remote cameras record herds of elephants moving through the forest with calves, an encouraging sign of breeding.

Your donations keep the Cardamoms safe for animals big and small! Thank you so much for your support!