Tragedy Sparks Unexpected Hope for Thailand’s Fishing Cats

This male fishing cat sustained mortal injuries after being chased and dragged from a tree in a village north of Bangkok. Villagers reportedly sought the cat for food. (Photo/Parinya Padungtin)

Photo/Parinya Padungtin , facebook An endangered fishing cat has died after sustaining injuries during an attack by villagers in the Pitsanulok Province just north of Bangkok. But there is a way to help. Villagers found the fishing cat in a rice field and chased it up a tree, says fishing cat biologist Passanan “Namfon” Cutter. … Read more

Tiger Bath

Tiger (Video Still/Joanna Nasar, CATinWATER)

I am standing 20 feet away from a magnificent tiger named Meow.  Meow is breathtakingly beautiful, like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Meow is calm, he seems to know that these people are here to help him. I look Meow straight in the eye, and Meow blinks his yellow eyes and looks at me. Then I ask: … Read more

Saving Asia’s wild elephants in the land of misfit wildlife (WATCH)

When cresting a ridge in Kui Buri National Park, we came across this juvenile Asian elephant. We stopped our truck and waited whilst this young elephant ambled back into the grasses. (Photo/Morgan Heim, CAT in WATER)

At the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand an ex-Special Forces, former fashion designer, towering Dutchman by the name of Edwin Wiek, devotes his life and courage to Thailand’s damaged wildlife, doing what he can to give them a chance at a better life. We visited Edwin to meet and learn the stories of two fishing cats … Read more

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