Cambodia’s Royal Turtle nearly extinct as fewer than 10 remain in wild
PHNOM PENH—Cambodia’s Royal Turtle is nearly extinct, with fewer than 10 left in the wild, because increased sand dredging and illegal clearance of flooded forest have shrunk its habitat, a conservationist group warned Monday. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said in a statement that for several years the small remaining population of Royal Turtles, “perhaps numbering fewer than 10,’ have been successfully protected in the Sre Ambel river system by a joint project of the government’s Fishery Administration and WCS. Click the link to read more…
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The southern river terrapin (Batagur affinis) is a turtle of the Batagur family found in Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. Many Asian turtles are in danger because of the thriving trade in animals in the region, where a species’ rarity can add to its value on a menu or as a traditional medicine. The species was thought to have disappeared in Cambodia until it was rediscovered in 2001.
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