South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 7 mins ago
Cambodian villagers fear US$43 million tiger reintroduction plan
Pan Sok still remembers his relative screaming as a tiger dragged him away one night, deep inside the Cambodian rainforest where they were tapping trees for resin.
So he is “not happy” about a plan to reintroduce the big cats, a decade after they were declared extinct in Cambodia.
“I saw the tiger take him with my own eyes,” he said, describing the attack that took place over 30 years ago. “He was screaming but we couldn’t help him.”
Cambodia’s last confirmed tiger sighting was in camera trap...
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