- A recent poaching incident in Cambodia’s northern plains took the lives of three giant ibises, a critically endangered bird species.
- There’s been an upsurge in poaching, deforestation and other destructive activities in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.
- The Wildlife Conservation Society in Cambodia is looking for ways to help community members get reliable sources of income during the pandemic so they don’t need to resort to poaching.
The giant Ibis, a mega-sized bird that can stand more than a meter (3 feet) tall and weigh more than 4 kilograms (9 pounds), was once thought to be extinct in Cambodia. But in 1993, scientists working with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) rediscovered the birds on the border with Laos, and since then, a small, but viable, population has lived in Cambodia, with most in…
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Exposing the Big Game 
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ohfuk…
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I hate people..
..perhaps I haven’t mentioned that fact..
Perhaps not yet this morning;)
I hope the poachers die from the poison they gave to the birds, but not before suffering to the max.
They have to eat these endangered birds? May they croak and their families suffer.