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The Search to Find, and Save, the Last Saola
April 27, 2024Bill Robichaud, Co-Founder, Director, Saola Foundation 17th April 2023
Today, April 17, marks the 50th anniversary of an event of considerable historical significance,yet little noted: the last US bombing mission over Laos. This largely brought to an end the so - called “Secret War”, a nine-year conflict hidden for most of that time from the US Congress, the ...
Treasure Hunt Campaign
April 25, 2024
Recent PostsGoing on a Treasure Hunt Week 4 of 4 April 21, 2024 In 2016, 233 million people around the world went on a treasure hunt. To some of us, the treasure they were looking for may not have been worth much, but to those nearly quarter of a billion people spending time looking for
Scent Detectives: Extraordinary Partners in the Quest to Find Saola in the Wild of Laos
October 30, 2023
Meet Aimee Hurt and Paul Bunker, two dedicated individuals who work with dogs to make a significant impact on wildlife conservation. In this article, we delve into an engaging conversation with Paul and Aimee, learning more about them, scent detection dogs and exploring their experiences during an expedition in Lao in late 2022 alongside the
Secret wars, secret creatures, and hope
October 24, 2023Bill Robichaud, Co-Founder, Director, Saola Foundation 17th April 2023
Today, April 17, marks the 50th anniversary of an event of considerable historical significance,yet little noted: the last US bombing mission over Laos. This largely brought to an end the so - called “Secret War”, a nine-year conflict hidden for most of that time from the US Congress, the ...
What’s in a Name?: The Saola Foundation’s long-term strategy
July 8, 2022
Conservation news from Asia is often bleak, with many species already in severe decline and others facing new threats. Biodiversity everywhere on the continent is disappearing fast. So why focus on a single species (Saola) in a single small region (the Annamite Mountains)? What – besides the name – is the logic behind the Saola
Remembering three conservation giants
January 18, 2022
It’s been some tough weeks recently for conservation. In a stretch of 9 days, three of wildlife conservation’s giants all passed away—Thomas Lovejoy, Richard Leakey and E.O. Wilson. These three men began their careers trying to understand how nature worked. Ed Wilson started by studying ants, Leakey as a safari guide and Lovejoy in the- Scientists step up hunt for ‘Asian unicorn’, one of world’s rarest animals
January 8, 2022
The Saola is so elusive that no biologist has seen one in the wild. Now they are racing to find it, so they can save it. 
The Line in the Sand: Saola in a Broad Conservation Context
August 22, 2021
By Lorraine Scotson, CEO & Steve Burns, Chair, Saola Foundation Edited by Grace Vosen Securing a future for wildlife in the Annamite Mountains will be a long game. The first five years of on-the-groundwork by the Saola Foundation will focus on Pseudoryx nghetinhensis. But you might ask – why the narrow focus? Despite what is
How many snares are too many? Preventing decline of species in the Annamite Mountains…..
June 27, 2021
How many snares are too many? Preventing declines of species threatened by snaring in the Annamite Mountains Minh Nguyen, PhD Student, Colorado State University, USA and Conservationist, Vietnam The current situation In the 1990s, biologists were stunned by a series of discoveries of large mammals in the Annamite Mountains of Lao PDR and Vietnam. These
Introducing the Saola Rapid Response Fund
February 12, 2021
Finding Saola in the wild is a core mission of the Saola Foundation. Yet finding the animals - detecting them - is only the first step. With so few Saolas left, saving the species from extinction could hinge on how, and how quickly, conservationists respond to a detection. An appropriate response will depend on how
The enigmatic Saola and the Annamite Mountains
February 5, 2021
By Rob Timmins, March 2020 The Saola is nothing if not enigmatic. Much like an antelope in appearance, its present-day relatives are wild cattle such as bison and oxen. The sole representative of the genus Pseudoryx, this quiet, shy creature has hidden in the Annamite Mountain rainforests for millions of years, little changed since before
Saola Foundation – Holiday Auction
December 17, 2020
Have you ever dreamed of getting up close to a saola? Here’s a chance to hold one in your hand... Brent Huffman is a man of diverse talents – Lead Keeper of Mammals at Toronto Zoo, founder of the website Ultimate Ungulate (http://www.ultimateungulate.com/), and an accomplished knitter. He’s also a passionate supporter of saola conservation,
Why I believe in Saola conservation
March 2, 2020
Notes from the field on the status of Saola in 2020 Rob Timmins, Saola Foundation Chief Technical Advisor, March 2020 Rob is one of the world’s leading authorities on wildlife in mainland southeast Asia. Specifically, he is the world’s most experienced wildlife surveyor in the Saola’s range of the Annamite Mountains. Over the past 25