Cambodia's Crocodile Farms are Struggling

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Seasquatch wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:18 am
DrRawBlueGreen wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:33 am Are we living in the stone age that we need to cover our bodies with animal skin? Another dirty and unnecessary business sector.
In the grand scheme of things we're barely removed from the stone age, there are still those out there living like that today, but I agree there's a difference between necessity and ignorant fashion, killing all those Birds of Paradise for stupid fucking hats for instance.

As far as eating meat and how we treat animals it comes down to the massive over-population we got ourselves into - 7.7 billion people and counting =@


Almost make you wonder why we have not turned to cannibalism with all that fresh meat around.
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Duncan wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:58 am
Seasquatch wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:18 am
DrRawBlueGreen wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:33 am Are we living in the stone age that we need to cover our bodies with animal skin? Another dirty and unnecessary business sector.
In the grand scheme of things we're barely removed from the stone age, there are still those out there living like that today, but I agree there's a difference between necessity and ignorant fashion, killing all those Birds of Paradise for stupid fucking hats for instance.

As far as eating meat and how we treat animals it comes down to the massive over-population we got ourselves into - 7.7 billion people and counting =@


Almost make you wonder why we have not turned to cannibalism with all that fresh meat around.
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Crocodile market loses its bite
Hin Pisei | Publication date 10 May 2021 | 16:19 ICT
Crocodile production in the Kingdom last year was 313,100 hatchlings, down by 25.77 per cent from the 421,811 logged in 2019.

The crocodile market in Cambodia has lost its bite this year on slow demand from neighbouring countries, especially Vietnam, due to cross-border restrictions hindering shipments of the creatures.

Female crocodiles typically lay eggs in February-May each year, which hatch from early April through July.

Because there are no clear standards for raising the animals or for skin processing facilities, crocodile rearing in Cambodia by and large has the express purpose of selling hatchlings for traders to resell to Vietnamese breeders.

Crocodile Raising Association of Siem Reap member Reach Chanthorn, whose farm boasts 600 adult crocodiles, told The Post on May 10 that no eggs had hatched yet this year, taking longer than in 2020.

Chanthorn attributed the delay to increased neglect in the care and feeding of the animals, after many farmers reported losing a lot of money last year. While crocodiles are usually fed once every two-to-three weeks, he said, some are lucky enough to be fed once every four weeks.

With little in the way of a market for crocodiles, he sees dim prospects for this year's hatchlings compared to last year.

"Given the market situation, this year's new hatchlings market will be very uncertain, even 20-30-year-old breeding-crocodiles that used to cost more than $1,000 now sell for a mere $100 – there are no buyers," he said.

Fish heads that are ground into crocodile feed costs around 1,200 riel ($0.30) per kilogramme and whole tilapia costs more than 2,000 riel, he said. "Because there is no market now, no one talks about breeding-crocodiles or hatchlings like they did before."

Prices of newly-born hatchlings have been in freefall over the past three-to-four years. Costing $3-4 each last year, that price has eroded to just over $1, according to Chanthorn.
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Seems like a good opportunity if you want to fill the moat.
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One thing this pandemic has shown, everyone depends on china
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DrRawBlueGreen wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:33 am Are we living in the stone age that we need to cover our bodies with animal skin? Another dirty and unnecessary business sector.
I'd rather cover my body with natural animal skins, rather than some artificial nylon etc that takes 100 years to degrade. We should be encouraging the farming of animals in a humane and additive-free environment, and with a humane 'chop' at the end, rather than using all this crap plastic, most of which is not biodegradable (some is).
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No crocodile burgers here? :popcorn:

Meanwhile, down under..

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Ramadan ended last night so the mystical aromas of Camel burgers fills the air in some quarters around here
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