Tiger concerns: Cambodia doing its best to make a home for Indian big cats

Despite concerns over the ability of Cambodia to reintroduce tigers which have gone extinct, the Ministry of Environment says Cambodia now is ready and will soon import the first group of the big cats from India. However, a conservation NGO working on the project said the Indian government certainly will not provide tigers until they are assured that there will be a safe environment for them in Cambodia.

The last tiger to be spotted in Cambodia was photographed by a camera trap in 2007 in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province.
Wildlife experts declared the animal extinct in the country in 2016.

Speaking during a press conference to launch the Zero Snare Campaign Phase II in Pursat province on Friday, Ministry of Environment Secretary of State Neth Pheaktra said Cambodia would “soon” be importing tigers from India to reintroduce in Cambodia’s protected area.
 

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