Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): In order to earn money from social media, a small number of young people who no longer care about the law are ready to destroy even endangered birds.

Despite education efforts by conservation officials at the Ministry of Environment, a beautiful young woman posted a video on Eat With Keomony Facebook page, showing how to chop up and cook what was reported to be the carcass of a giant ibis. Giant ibis are an endangered species of bird native to Cambodia, and it is illegal in Cambodia to capture, kill, or eat one.




Following the recent posting of this video clip, social media users in Cambodia exploded to criticize it, and there were many strong comments against video producers making money from killing endangered wildlife.

After the angry reaction of the public, on October 20, 2022, the owner of the above Facebook page deleted the video clip from the social network Facebook.

Correction: The bird on the table was apparently an Asian Openbill Stork, which not as rare and endangered as the Giant Ibis.

https://animalia.bio/asian-openbill

October 22, 2022
Facebook poster apologises after posting video of her eating wild animal

Popular Cambodian video uploader ‘Eat With Keomoy’ has made a public apology after posting a video of her consuming an Asian openbill.

Social media users voice their criticism of the popular blogger, with comments such as ‘Next time before you post a video, think about it. Don’t just want money, forget to check the rules of the country.’ and ‘Don’t want Like or Share because of illegal stuff like that.’

After being criticized, the page owner apologized to the public, stating . “I apologize to the public on Facebook for posting a video of me eating a wild animal that I bought from a farmer.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501172748/ ... ld-animal/

truffledog wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:58 pm damage done..its become too easy to destroy somebodies reputation with a (false) post in social media.

But she can mitigate by reporting the farmer, and raising awareness of the wildlife issues on her ‘web’ page. Actually put her position as one of these influencer types to good use, not just counting the proceeds.
She could also take a moment to correct people’s errors in judging her incorrectly, by presenting the facts.

“It’s not this bird, it’s that one.
This one is endangered, here is some information about these issues, and the threats to habitats.”

Etc, etc.

Otherwise, it is quite possible that she would have cooked a dead endangered one from her own ignorance, anyway.

truffledog wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:58 pm damage done..its become too easy to destroy somebodies reputation with a (false) post in social media.

It's still illegal to hunt and eat most wildlife whether it's endangered or not.