Help Care for Rescued Animals in Cambodia

The New Year brought in an influx of baby animals that were either born at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) or were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade. Phnom Tamao Willdife Rescue Center had a lot of success stories in the first quarter of 2017. In just 3 months 401 new arrivals at the rescue center; 32 animals were born including and 344 animals were released either within the Phnom Tamao Protected forest or in Koh Kong by the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team. On March 23, a very young pangolin was brought to PTWRC by a civilian who saved it from being sold to a restaurant. A group of Cambodians found a female pangolin and her baby clinging to her back walking around Phnom Penh! The group was going to sell the pair to a local restaurant where they were hoping to fetch $250 for the Critically Endangered species. The girl pleaded with the group to at least give her the infant, convincing them that it was worthless. After she took the infant home and was not able to feed it, she brought it to our team. This baby came to us with its eyes barely open, but is now a little adventurer, already climbing trees and always exploring!

Earlier this year,another baby animal arrived to the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, an injured bull guar calf from Ratanakiri Province. Due to a snare injury, this calf was swollen above the hoof on his hind leg; although there were no open wounds. Through their extensive experience, caretakers knew that the injury needed to be reopened to allow the built up blood and toxins to be released so that the animal would not lose its limb or life. After careful and persistent rehabilitation and care, the gaur’s leg has now fully healed and he is now doing well in our nursery!

This gaur calf is just the latest animal to arrive at PTWRC after being trapped by a snare. A shocking and disappointing number of animals are affected through crippling injury or death by the current snare crisis in Southeast Asia. To help combat this crisis, we have created a microproject to help our forest rangers remove snares from the forests and deter poachers from setting new ones. With only 44 days left to donate to this campaign we still need to raise over $2,300 to reach our goal! Please donate today to help us protect animals from this cruel and indiscriminate fate!

Thank you for your generous support of our Care for Rescued Wildlife program and for helping us give thousands of animals a second chance at a life in the wild!