On 9th July 2007, the Committee of Fly the Vulture Home Fund represented by Gawin Chutima, Chairperson of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST - BirdLife in Thailand) together with Assistant Prof. Dr.Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua of Thai Raptor Group (TRG) and Rewadi Lertariyakrit, a key fundraiser of the fund, handed a cheque of 20,000 Baht to Associate Prof. Dr. Worasak Patchimasiri, Deputy Dean of Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, together with a large photograph of Anakin the Cinereous Vulture in flight after being released taken by a famed bird photographer Kanit Khanikul.
The donation came from remaining deposit of the Fly the Vulture Home Fund and was given specifically to a Fund for Curing Elephants and Wildlife to be used by Kasersart University Bird Rehabilitation Centre (KUBRC) at its Kamphaengsaen Campus for rehabilitation of wild birds. It confirms the Committee’s commitment to continue conservation of large wild birds after the endangered Cinereous Vulture and four Himalayan Griffons, all starved and fell in Thailand last winter, were successfully rehabilitated and released to the wild on 10th May 2007.
Moreover, to continue with its objective to rescue and rehabilitate large wild birds that may be stray or sick in Thailand, the name of the fund has been changed to ‘Wild Bird Rehabilitation and Release Fund’ (savings account no. 240-202731-1 at Tesco Lotus Fortune Town Branch of Siam Commercial Bank pcl.). The fund will be used to support rescue and rehabilitation of wild birds for release back to the wild by the KUBRC which is collaboration between Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation, BCST - BirdLife in Thailand and TRG.
For more information, call BCST 02 691 5976, 02 691 4816 or 02 691 4493; E-mail: bcst@bcst.or.th
From http://www.bcst.or.th/
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