First Eggs of Royal Turtle Laid in Captivity in Cambodia
Newswise Koh Kong, Cambodia (1 March 2021) –Seventy-one Royal Turtle eggs in five clutches were laid on an artificial sand bank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) early last week. Images obtained from camera traps confirmed that the eggs were laid by five head-started Royal Turtles. This is the first time that Royal Turtles have laid eggs in captivity in Cambodia. Four of the turtles were head-started from wild nests laid in 2006 on the Sre Ambel River, and one was handed over to the KKRCC by people from Koh Kong town in 2017.
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Royal turtles are Cambodia’s official national reptile but they remain critically endangered in the wild and captive breeding is considered a must to restore their numbers. WCS Cambodia
Captive royal turtles lay first ever eggs
Tue, 2 March 2021
Five endangered royal turtles raised at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) have now laid 71 eggs – marking the first time this particular species of turtle has ever laid eggs while in captivity at the centre – according to a press release from the Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia (WCS Cambodia).
The royal turtle is the official national reptile of Cambodia.
Leak Ratna, an official from WCS Cambodia, said that in the past two weeks the five turtles had laid 71 eggs on the artificial beach at the KKRCC. He said all of the eggs were laid by the group of royal turtles that the team had brought to raise at the centre 10 years ago.
2021-01-28 14:36:23 GMT2021-01-28 22:36:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) Ten of Cambodia s nearly-extinct Royal Turtles were released on Thursday into their natural habitat in the Sre Ambel River in southwest Preah Sihanouk province, a conservationist group said.
The Royal Turtle, also known as Southern River Terrapin, is one of the world s 25 most endangered freshwater turtles and tortoises and it is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as Critically Endangered.
The Royal Turtle release is the result of nearly two decades of turtle nest protection, care for the young turtles in the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre, and community-based protection of turtles on the Sre Ambel River, said a joint statement issued by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Cambodia s Fisheries Administration (FiA).
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An older female dolphin found dead in Sambok village in Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district on December 22, about 500m from the Kampi dolphin site. Photo supplied
Female dolphin found dead in Kratie province
Wed, 23 December 2020
A member of a fishing community found the carcass of an older female dolphin in Sambok village in Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district on December 22, about 500m from the Kampi dolphin site.
Mok Ponlok, director of the provincial Fisheries Administration, said on December 23 that the female dolphin weighed 201kg and was 2.3m in length. It had previously been tagged by scientists and was identified as dolphin ID-95, an animal that was known to be living in the Kampi dolphin conservation zone.