Since there's been no updates to a previous thread concerning this, I thought I'd start another. The Safari Park - Open Zoo in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, has an excellent volunteer program that was enacted several months ago and has been making positive changes since. Their website can be found at Safari Park Volunteer Initiative - Safari Park Volunteer Initiative - Bophlo Kanchanaburi, Thailand and their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SafariVolunteer. Improvements include the addition of enrichment, better management & maintenance - including actually cleaning habitats, which was hardly if ever done previously - the installation of new habitats, and the rehabilitation and release of a Spotted Owl. To fundraise for a new big-cat facility to house more than a handful of quickly growing Tiger, Leopard, and Lion cubs, a Pawprint Project has been created. All proceeds from these unique & authentic paw prints go towards building the new complex. General donations can be made through their website or Facebook page. All interest and support for this project is much appreciated. Go Team SPOZAC!
September/October accomplishments: - Upgraded and remodeled Macaque (Junior) and Asiatic Golden Cat(Toast) enclosures - Pawprint project has really taken off (do you have yours yet?!) - Made Room 2 into a workshop and office so we can work through the rain - Training with the cubs has come along a great deal - Lion cubs Simba and Narnia have moved night time enclosures - YaYa the tiger has had her enclosure size doubled - Nina the leopard cub was born - English school has had an injection of life and enthusiasm - We learnt how charities really work (experts from Thailand and Vietnam visited and give us all great hints) - Introduced lion cub exercise in the spacious garden, - created new tourist programs for families in the shape of the Little Monkey Experience, - created countless new enrichment activities for the animals (blankets for the monkeys, pull toys for the lions, bamboo holders in all cages, Laura's box, a swing for the volunteers!...) - Upgraded the pond in the binturong exhibit - cook-off competitions were created, - new locks were installed on every cage to improve efficiency in the mornings, - new signs throughout the Rescue retreat and much more! See https://www.facebook.com/SafariVolunteer
