Siamese crocodile hatchlings find raises hope for conservation in Cambodia

The discovery of eight hatchlings of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile  in the Srepok wilderness has raised excitement and hopes for the Ministry of Environment and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) of its global conservation. The Ministry and WWF’s wildlife research team confirmed on September 9 that they discovered the hatchlings following their regular field survey in the Srepok wilderness during the nesting and hatching seasons.

The survey is part of a Siamese crocodile research programme under the Ministry led CAMPAS project funded by GEF-5/UNEP, and with the additional funding from WWF-Belgium. The reptile hatchlings currently remain safe in their wild habitat under strict protection by the rangers of the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province.

One of the research team members Sothea Bun said that during this hatching season, the research team conducts regular field monitoring with them spending four nights scouting the crocodile habitat locations, from 7pm until past midnight around 2am, to observe the animals.

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