Press Release: Nature Conservation
New Study Shows Impending Otter Extinction Crisis in Hong Kong
New Study Shows Impending Otter Extinction Crisis in Hong Kong @kfbg.official #KFBGHigh-resolution ...
KFBG Study Finds That Trees Planted in Monocultures Impede Forest Recovery
(HONG KONG, 20th February 2023) Tree planting has long been considered beneficial to the environme...
Two-thirds of species in Hong Kong’s shark fin markets at risk of extinction
Two-thirds of species in Hong Kong’s shark fin markets at risk of extinction In collaboration with ...
KFBG finds a new home in Europe for 55 smuggled endangered turtles and tortoises
(Hong Kong – 14 March 2022) Fifty-five chelonians, most of high conservation importance, and includ...
KFBG’s Rescue Centre reaches a new milestone with the arrival of the 60,000th wild animal since 1994
(Hong Kong – 11 February 2022) Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden just received its 60,000th animal sin...
Rescuing one of the rarest animals in the world Ploughshare Tortoise rehomed to Chester Zoo, UK
(Hong Kong – 29 December 2021) A critically endangered Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) ...
“The Gibbon’s Life in the Treetops” Exhibition Transforms │ Lee Tung Avenue into a Tropical Rainforest│ Visitors Can Learn More About These Singing and Swinging Apes
(Hong Kong – October 16, 2021) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) will host “The Gibbon’s Life ...
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden to host the 1st “Nature Hikeathon & Treasure Hunt @KFBG” Charity Event
(Hong Kong – September 7, 2021) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) will be hosting the first "...
14 critically endangered Radiated Tortoises leave Hong Kong for their new home in Berlin
(Hong Kong – June 1, 2021) 14 critically endangered juvenile Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiat...
Be a Friend of Nature │ KFBG Announces Membership Scheme Aimed at Nature Conservation
(Hong Kong – September 10, 2020) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) is pleased to announce the...
KFBG Reopens on May 7th│Reconnect With Nature Away From The Hustle And Bustle Of City Life
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
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
(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
(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
(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
(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
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
(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
(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
(HONG KONG, 29th June 2017) Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) releases 3 Little Egrets rescue...
“Mercy Release” brings Misfortune to the Animals
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
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
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
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
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
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
On 15th February, 2012 (Wednesday), Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) will send seven Radia...