(CNN) Across Southeast Asia, wild animals are being hunted out of existence to feed growing demand for bushmeat, according to conservationists.Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife Alliance, which operates in Cambodia, says that snares -- simple traps made of wire and [...]
The last fortnight has been incredibly busy for our rangers at our new station, Roveang Station, in the Northern Cardamoms. Our hardworking rangers ensured that 6 offenders trying to illegally grab forestland inside the Protected Area were sent to [...]
Homemade guns are popular among the poachers in Cambodia, used in illegal hunting and sometimes against our Rangers. This morning, during a patrol inside the Cardamom Forest, our Rangers from Green Peafowl station (Sre Ambel) confiscated a homemade gun. The [...]
Snares are one of the simplest but most effective hunting techniques practiced in the tropics and home-made wire or cable snares are the predominant form of hunting across large areas of Southeast Asia. The equipment involved is affordable and [...]
Another successful long patrol made by Wildlife Alliance Green Peafowl Station (Sre Ambel), the teams worked 3 nights and 4 days in the heart of Cardamom Mountains. The team confiscated 6 illegal chainsaws used for illegal logging, 3 homemade guns used for [...]
From the eyes of a poacher, hunting wildlife by snares is cheap, easy, and nearly impossible to get caught. They can set hundreds of traps in a day, leave for a few days, and come back to see discover [...]
May 16, 2018 - Phnom Tnout Wildlife Sanctuary The teams raided 2 villages situated inside the Phnom Tnout Wildlife Sanctuary and confiscated 3 chainsaws, 2 home made guns, 2 sets of equipment used for electric fishing, and 220 animal snares. Because the villagers decide to cooperate [...]
