Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): There have been a number of pythons found in Cambodian city residential areas these past few months. The most recent case was reported on December 13, 2020, at 12:20 am, when a python weighing about 10kg was found in Steung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey, Phnom Penh.
The snake was captured and handed over to the authorities.

Cambodia News (Kampong Chhnang): On April 2, 2021, the forest administrative officer collaborated with the Ministry of the Environment and the Royal Gendarmerie to release 62 pythons into the natural conservation forest in the Kampong Leng district, Kampong Chhnang.

Those pythons were received from the local people and other sellers. The police requested that all people protect the rare species and stop trafficking rare animals and destroying the flooded forests, a habitat for all kinds of animals.

October 16, 2021
Pythons released back into nature


Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Center released 85 pythons into the wild in Pursat province’s Phat Sanday Fisheries Conservation Area in Kandeang district on October 14.

The release was made possible by collaboration with Forestry and Fisheries Administrations, the Environment Department, the military and the provincial police.

Provincial Fisheries Administration director Phum Vimol said that that the 85 pythons were collected from Phnom Tamao Zoological Park for release in the Tonle Sap Natural Forest.

He appealed to the people who live in the area to please help protect and preserve all kinds of wildlife.

“Do not catch and do not trade or kill animals and do not encroach on forest land that is home to all kinds of biodiversity,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Wildlife Rapid Rescue team this week rescued over 70 turtles. These included threatened species: Asian leaf turtles (Cyclemys dentata), Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) and Black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis).
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