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Wildlife Friends to evacuate Phuket Zoo; PETA did zip but claims credit

December 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Notorious as one of the world’s worst zoos for 25 years PHUKET, Thailand––The first good-news animal story of 2022,  if all goes according to plan,  may be the impending evacuation of 11 tigers and two bears from the defunct Phuket Zoo,  a target of animal advocacy protest almost from the day it opened in 1996. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Saengdueab Lek Chaillert, Sharmaine Sanders, Shirley McGreal

Animals for ransom: zoos & the COVID-19 cash flow crunch

May 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Is COVID-19 really Armaggedon for zoos,  or just another funding pitch?              HONG KONG,  LONDON––Seven thousand animals at Ocean Park in Hong Kong and as many as 20,000 animals at the London Zoo and subsidiary Whipsnade Zoo are only the most politically conspicuous of thousands of menageries now at risk––and perhaps being held for ransom […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Isles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Andrew Rosindell, Edwin Wiek, Joy Marie Somers, Lawrence Anthony, Merritt Clifton, Verena Kaspari

Busted in 2016, “Tiger Temple” is reincarnated as “Golden Tiger Zoo”

February 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Too much gold in tigers for monks to stay out of the business KANCHANABURI,  Thailand––The notorious “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi,  Thailand,  nominally closed when wildlife authorities impounded 147 tigers in May 2016, has reportedly been reincarnated as the soon-to-open Golden Tiger Zoo,  with 24 tigers acquired from the Mali Salika Tiger Zoo in Nakhon Nayok,  just […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Adisorn Noochdamrong, Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, Phra Ajarn Chan, Sharon Gunyup, Steve Winter, Sybelle Foxcroft

Has the Tiger Temple run out of lives?

June 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Tigers impounded,  abbot on the run,  but tourist trap has survived raids before          KANCHANABURI, Thailand––Thai authorities,  assisted by personnel from the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand,  on May 30,  2016 began impounding the 137 tigers kept by erstwhile Buddhist monks at the internationally notorious Tiger Temple. The monks-turned-tiger-keepers initially turned the impoundment team away,  as […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Abbot Phra Ajarn Chan, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, Phra Vissuthisaradhera, Sharon Gunyup, Steve Winter, Sybelle Foxcroft, Tiger Temple

Elephant coffee: biggest rectums in the coffee business

June 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Only a colossal a**hole could produce elephant dung coffee.          CHANG SAEN, Thailand; MADURAI, India––Marketed as a lucrative rump enterprise in support of the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, elephant dung coffee might at first sniff suggest an easy free market approach to fundraising to rescue elephants, of particular appeal to status-seeking Republicans.          But […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Blake Dinkin, Edwin Wiek, elephant coffee, elephant polo, Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, Kartick Satyanarayan, Wildlife Friends, Wildlife SOS

“Tiger Temple” trumps Thai government authority again

April 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Thai government cuts a deal BANGKOK, Thailand––The economic and political clout of the notorious “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi, Thailand prevailed again over the last weekend of April 2015. Instead of impounding the 146 resident tigers, the Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation on April 24, 2015 announced a deal whereby the tigers […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Zoos Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, Tiger Temple, Tony Ruiz

Thai “Tiger Temple” losing stripes

April 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Thai government announces plan to transfer 146 tigers to government breeding centers BANGKOK, Thailand––The notorious “Tiger Temple” at Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, may be near permanent closure,  with the planned transfer of all 146 resident tigers to government breeding centers, Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation director general […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Zoos Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, Nipon Chotiban, Tiger Temple, Wildlife Triends

Wildlife Friends is converting Lao Zoo into rescue center

February 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) is proud to announce that from January 26,  2015 we are actively involved with the “Laos wildlife rescue center” as a part of the Lao Zoo,  Vientiane in the Laos PDR. The Lao Zoo is owned by the Ministry of Defense of Laos,  and has been kept running by donations […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Laos, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Southeast Asia, Thailand Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, Lao Zoo, Wildlife Friends

Thai Court of Appeals rules for Wildlife Friends

March 5, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Charges against founder Edwin Wiek, and his wife Jansaeng “Noi” Sangnanork BANGKOK––The Thai Court of Appeals on February 27,  2014 affirmed that all charges filed in February 2012 against the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand,  founder Edwin Wiek, and his wife Jansaeng “Noi” Sangnanork were without foundation. The charges were dropped on August 27,  2013. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Southeast Asia, Thailand Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, Wildlife Friends

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