Wild tiger plan inches forward

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The Environment Ministry has begun discussions with relevant partners to assemble a plan to import tigers from India and release them in the Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province. Environment Ministry officials met with WWF and other partners to begin discussions on the plan, which is aimed at reintroducing tigers into Cambodia.

 

The working group will travel to Mondulkiri province to conduct further investigations this week, retuning to Phnom Penh by the weekend. Environment Ministry spokesman Sao Sopheap said Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary was chosen as the location to release the tigers because it is a large area full of resources for the tigers to survive.

 

The government and WWF plan to release a total of eight tigers into the wild in Mondulkiri province by 2022. “We have not yet determined how many tigers we would put in the area for the first and second phase,” he said. “When the experts give us feedback about the time and the proper conditions to bring the tigers, we will follow their advice.”

 

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[randyT]

Why not just import the tigers from the King Roman Casino across the Makong in Lao

They breed LOTS there for the meat-and Asian bear as well

Be nice to see some of these gain there freedom