300 reptiles released in Cambodia after rescue
From the AP (via IHT):
Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday.
Twelve endangered yellow-headed temple turtles were among the nearly 300 reptiles — weighing a total of 925 pounds — that authorities confiscated this week in Cambodia’s northwestern Battambang province, the Washington, D.C.-based Wildlife Alliance said.
It said the animals were freed Wednesday following their rescue Monday, when Wildlife Alliance members were with Cambodian forestry officials and police who stopped a pickup truck taking the animals to Vietnam.
Animal and Wildlife Trafficking is a $20 billion market.
