by Merritt Clifton CHANG SAEN, Thailand; MADURAI, India––Only a colossal rectum could produce elephant dung coffee. 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 […]
Wildlife Friends is converting Lao Zoo into rescue center
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 […]
Thai Court of Appeals rules for Wildlife Friends
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. Explained Wiek to the Asian Animal Protection Network, “The Court of […]