Equip Rangers to Protect Endangered Wildlife

Last year, Wildlife Alliance took supporters and Advisory Board members on a frequently wild, oftentimes touching, and definitely life-changing trip to our projects in the Southern Cardamom Mountain range of Cambodia. One aspect of the tour included a visit to the ranger stations in the Southern Cardamom Mountains. By...

While out on regular patrol, forest rangers from the Koh Pao station combed through the Southern Cardamom Rainforest, dismantling illegal houses and stopping suspicious vehicles. When one such vehicle heading towards Koh Kong Town refused to pull over, the unit reacted quickly and went after the suspected traffickers....

While out on patrol on September 23, 2012, rangers from the Koh Pao ranger station stopped a boat carrying three women, a young man, and a small child.  As part of their patrol operations, the team stops all river traffic and searches boats and rafts for any illegal materials.  After searching through their bags,...

On June 14, 2012, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a new land titling policy for villagers living inside state forests, economic land concessions, and former timber concessions. This new policy granted land titles to individuals pending mapping and occupancy history projects to be undertaken by each...

Starting in October 2011, Wildlife Alliance has recorded 85 elephant sightings – a dramatic increase over past years.  This trend is of obvious concern as it indicates an increase in illegal logging and other forms of habitat destruction, all of which is forcing the elephants out of the forest and into villages...

Jacqueline Lee is an InTheField Traveler with GlobalGiving who is visiting our partners’ projects throughout Southeast Asia. Her “Postcard” from the visit in Cambodia: Patrolling the jungle and “Viper Valley” for poachers and illegal activity, ambushing culprits, and releasing trapped...

As we have reported previously on our website, elephants have increasingly been wandering out of the jungle onto roads and villages as the forest shrinks around them.  Since October, the number of human-elephant encounters has risen dramatically and it has now become an almost daily responsibility for our forest patrol...

Everyday our forest protection teams are out on the rivers and roads, and trekking through the deep forest of the Southern Cardamoms patrolling for signs of wildlife poaching, logging, and other illegal activities.  Wildlife Alliance has six patrol stations scattered across the area and each station has teams...

Much of the attention given to animal rescues falls on those moments when a particularly charismatic animal is wrested from the illegal wildlife trade. It is only natural—people can’t help but connect with bears and gibbons and elephants—but in reality a massive proportion of animals rescued by...

Dear Friends, To protect pangolins in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia, rangers need to preserve and protect their entire habitat. Wildlife Alliance’s rangers do just that. Everyday our rangers confiscate illegally logged timber, destroy charcoal kilns and remove life-threatening snares. By protecting the...

Fighting crimes against nature is an ongiong task for Cambodian Rangers. October especially was a busy month with the teams confiscating over 5 tons of illegally logged timber, 23 bags of charcoal, 348 snares, and destroying 79 charcoal kilns. The teams also conducted 7 ambushes and 3 raids to catch violators in the...

Recent ranger patrols updates: Protect Pangolins in Cambodia by Equipping Rangers Stung Proat Ranger Station: July 5-8: Long patrol along Phnom Tagnoul Road. Rescued 3 civets, 2 turtles, 5kg of baby elephant bones that had been out there a long time, 8 pieces of krunyoung wood, 157 wildlife snares, 50kg of red deer...

Recently Wildlife Alliance helped rescue an unprecedented amount of endangered turtles! Read about this amazing victory in the attached article! The turtles and rangers thank you for your support! Sincerely, Nadia Miller

To see first-hand the work our rangers do everyday, please click on the attached link to watch our new video! Enjoy! Wildlife Alliance

Hello! Below is an article, in Spanish, which covers Wildlife Alliance's Ecotourism project in Chi Pat as well as mentions the hard work our rangers do everyday. Enjoy! Sincerely, Wildlife Alliance ________________________________________________________________________________________________ La raquítica...

Hello Friends! Recently The Phnom Penh Post wrote an article on our Rangers and the great work they do; please click on the attached link to read all about them! Thank you again for all of your past and future support of our hard working rangers! Sincerely, Wildlife Alliance

Below are some quotes from our hardworking rangers. I hope these quotes allow you to understand who you are generously supporting and the importance of their work in ensuring the future and health of the Cardamom Forest and the wildlife that lives there: Phaly – Station Advisor "I’m inspired by seeing green forest...