Tigers are “functionally extinct” in Cambodia, conservationists conceded for the first time on Wednesday, as they launched a bold action plan to reintroduce the big cats to the kingdom’s forests.

Cambodia’s dry forests used to be home to scores of Indochinese tigers but the WWF said intensive poaching of both tigers and their prey had devastated the numbers of the big cats.

The last tiger was seen on camera trap in the eastern Mondulkiri province in 2007, it said.

“Today, there are no longer any breeding populations of tigers left in Cambodia, and they are therefore considered functionally extinct,” the conservation group said in a statement.

In an effort to revive the population, the Cambodian government last month approved a plan to reintroduce the creatures into the Mondulkiri protected forest in the far of east the country...

gavinbrisbane wrote:Good idea,

Inevitably, although without proper control and monitoring, unfortunately one would think it will just have the effect of resurrecting the poaching trade again.....

Even so, Is there even enough suitable prey for the tigers in order to sustain what would be considered a 'normal' population?


Best of Luck

gavinbrisbane wrote:Funny that, I heard about that 'restaurant' actually!

Maybe a time to considering in going into the restaurant business, a newly created niche market..... I can see it now.....

'Braised Tiger marinated in red wine, oregano, black pepper and lemon zest'......

gavinbrisbane wrote:I agree, that was my sentiments exactly... what are the tigers going to eat?..... it is not sustainable....