Terry Whittaker Photo Blog: Wildlife Trade Cambodia

Billboard in Koh Kong

I'm very pleased that my image of a female pileated gibbon - herself rescued from the wildlife trade and photographed at a rescue centre in Thailand - is being used by Wildlife Alliance in Cambodia to raise awareness about the illegal trade in wild animals. A series of signs and billboards have been erected around Phnom Penh and Koh Kong with more planned.

Wildlife Alliance operate the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team and the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center to address wildlife trade law enforcement and rehabilitation of confiscated animals. It's easy to become despondent when faced with the scale of wildlife trade in Asia (or anywhere else) but Wildlife Alliance are having a real impact in Cambodia. It makes what I do feel worthwhile when I see my work used in this way.