First Steps to Recovery: Providing Safe and Secure Housing for Rescued Wildlife                                                

Zoo Liaison: Kimberly A. Klosterman             

Species: Any Lao species rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, including young, orphaned primates (gibbons, langurs), civets, pangolins, turtles, tortoises and small felids.

This project is all about giving rescued wildlife in Laos a safe place to land while they recover from the illegal wildlife trade. Led by the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife, the plan is to build two secure forest enclosures where animals like gibbons, civets, pangolins, turtles, and small wild cats can rest, heal, and start adjusting back to life in the wild.