Deer, Boar, Porcupines, Squirrels, Turtles, Red Cranes on the Menu in Wildlife Crackdown

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:50 pm

Cambodia News (Sihanoukville): On September 21, 2021, the local authorities partnered with the Mobile Wildlife Crime Intervention Team to crack down on illegal poaching of wild animals in Boeung Rang village, Samaki commune, Prey Nup district in Sihanoukville.
The authorities seized 7kg of deer, 15 kg of wild boar, 1 kg of porcupine, 5 cranes, 6 squirrels, 5 sparrows, 71 turtles weighing 36 kg, and 5 living red cranes.

The live animals were rescued, the carcases of the dead or dying animals were destroyed, and the suspects have been charged with wildlife trafficking.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:36 pm

And a partridge in a pear tree, one place closed down, another step forward too protecting the wildlife. But, the menu for those protective and endangered species of wildlife will go on because there's a long and existing market for this trade, and mostly there are people who are willing to pay the high cost to satisfy their needs to eat something of what we may call exotica in today's world. Tomorrow is a new day and the menus will eventually not show that favourite dish to some, because now it is becoming more of a rarity and it may start to linger on the edge in its own way too extinction.