Press Release: Nature Conservation
KFBG Reopens on May 7th│Reconnect With Nature Away From The Hustle And Bustle Of City Life
6 May 2020
WE ARE OPEN. Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) is pleased to announce that the site will reop...
Milestone for Hainan Gibbon conservation: Family number and population hit record high in over 40 years
28 April 2020
Hainan Gibbon, the world’s rarest primate, has formed a fifth family group outside its last refuge ...
Concerted efforts to protect China’s last River Terns proved successful Major threats mitigated and population doubled
4 July 2019
(Hong Kong, 4 July 2019) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) led a five‐month collaborative pro...
The KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre celebrates its 50,000th rescue case and 25 years of wildlife rescue service
14 June 2019
(HONG KONG, 14 June 2019) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Wild Animal Rescue Centre (Rescue...
Smuggled Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtles Head Home to Japan
9 March 2019
(HONG KONG, 9th March 2019) In October 2018, 60 Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtles were intercepted...
Delegates from six Southeast Asian countries gather in Phnom Penh to plan a better future for the globally endangered Eld’s deer
29 November 2018
(HONG KONG, 29th November 2018) On 27th November, approx. 50 officials, scientists and conservation...
Happy ending for smuggled Pig-nosed Turtles: Repatriated and released in Indonesia
13 September 2018
Happy ending for smuggled Pig-nosed Turtles: Repatriated and released in IndonesiaWildlife crime se...
Smuggled Pig-nosed Turtles Head Home to Indonesia after eight months of care at KFBG
24 August 2018
(HONG KONG, 24th August, 2018) In January this year 658 Pig-nosed Turtles smuggled from Indonesia ...
Study shows that China’s otters are in dramatic decline
4 July 2017
(HONG KONG, 4th July 2017) Otters are considered good indicator species for aquatic ecosystem healt...
Rehabilitated Little Egrets from Tai Po Market Egretry Return to Nature
29 June 2017
(HONG KONG, 29th June 2017) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) releases 3 Little Egrets rescue...
“Mercy Release” brings Misfortune to the Animals
23 May 2015
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) urges the public not to release animals into the wild. Merc...
World’s Rarest Tortoises on the way to new home in the United States
14 May 2015
On 13th May 2015, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) transferred 10 Ploughshare Tortoises (Ast...
Elusive Marbled Cat rediscovered in China’s Yunnan Province after 30 years
5 March 2015
In November 2014, rare images of the elusive Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata) were captured by in...
ENDANGERED TURTLES RETURN HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME : The Majestic Golden Coin Turtle has Come Home to its Native Hong Kong, China, The First Ever Repatriation of US Captive-bred Turtles
28 February 2013
On January 21st 2013, 5 Critically Endangered Golden Coin Turtles made their way from the Turtle C...
Saving the world’s most endangered tortoises: Thirteen Ploughshare Tortoises sent to Europe for a new life
29 June 2012
In the past two weeks, KFBG has sent 13 Ploughshare Tortoises to Europe to join conservation breedi...
Vietnamese Golden Coin Turtles sent to Europe to enter conservation breeding programmes
25 April 2012
A group of Vietnamese Golden Coin Turtles (Cuora cyclornata) were transferred from Hong Kong to Mun...
Seven Radiated Tortoises leave KFBG Wild Animal Rescue Centre to join a Conservation Breeding Programme in Australia
16 February 2012
On 15th February, 2012 (Wednesday), Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) will send seven Radia...