Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey Province): Many species of snakes are for sale on the side of Kon Damrey Market near Ochrov Forestry Administration Sangkat, located in Kon Damrey Village, Sangkat Nimit, Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province.

A Facebook account named Chan Puth confirmed that when you travel on National Road No. 5 to Malai district at the point of the Elephant Market, you see all sorts of wild animals, live and dead, being sold for food every evening to customers coming there from Poipet city.

For example, there are bags of live snakes for sale, some weighing up to 4 to 5 kg, which sell for between 30,000 and 50,000 Riel a kilo. A man selling the snakes at the market said that people bring the wildlife to him, and he can make between 5000 and 20,000 riel profit per kilo selling them to customers, depending on the weight and whether the animals are dead or alive.


Citizens said that it is very sad to see all the wild animals, snakes, and birds, being sold at the Elephant Market, and they ask the officials of Banteay Meanchey Provincial Forestry Administration and State Forestry District to crack down on wildlife sellers at Ko Damrey Market, Poipet City to stop wildlife sales.

Education is the key. There is nothing wrong to offer/catch wildlife that is abundant in an area (like rice paddy snakes and some species of birds). Things are a complete different matter if we are talking about rare/endangered species which we should protect with all means (like Kratie dolfins)

truffledog wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm Education is the key. There is nothing wrong to offer/catch wildlife that is abundant in an area (like rice paddy snakes and some species of birds). Things are a complete different matter if we are talking about rare/endangered species which we should protect with all means (like Kratie dolfins)

and poverty & greed

truffledog wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm There is nothing wrong to offer/catch wildlife that is abundant in an area (like rice paddy snakes and some species of birds).

Ethically perhaps but there are plenty of risks associated with the trade in live non-endangered wildlife. Biosecurity and zoonotic spillover are a couple, not to mention biodiversity loss and habitat destruction (cyanide/explosive/electrical fishing for example).

I'm not saying I advocate total bans necessarily, only there are risks which need to be understood and managed.
https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/wildlife- ... cking.html