Furget-Me-Not ... Cambodia

What are we doing?

• Fighting the illegal fur trade in south east Asia
• Saving the rarest otters in the world
• Helping local people make a living
• To date we have raised just over £24000

How have we spent the money?

• Worked with local people and the Cambodian Forestry Department to train local people as wildlife rangers
• Funded and advised on construction of new enclosure for Dara, the only hairy-nosed otter in captivity in the world, at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre
• Part-funded an otter survey workshop attended by otter workers from many Asian countries as well as local people
• Funded food and husbandry for all the otters at Phnom Tamao
• Funded field research to establish status of otter populations in Cambodia
• Produced educational material for Cambodian schools
• Involved local people in monitoring and education work

What do we need?

• £100 to buy the special vaccines we need to keep all the otters at Phnom Tamao healthy and protected from disease
• £2400 per year will pay for the four community rangers to protect otters in the wild
• £3000 per year to feed the otters at Phnom Tamao
• Funds for education, training wildlife enforcement officials, developing alternative livelihoods for local people ...
• Plus funds for the fight against the illegal fur trade at government and international level

About Us

Furget-Me-Not is a campaign of the International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF), which is based on the island of Skye in Scotland, but operates in practical otter conservation world-wide.

IOSF Registered Charity Number SCOO3875