Rare vulture population in Cambodia slightly up: official
STORY: Rare vulture population in Cambodia slightly up: official
DATELINE: June 19, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:03
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of rare vultures eating a dead animal carcass in Stung Treng province (courtesy of the Ministry of Environment and the World Wildlife Fund-Cambodia)
STORYLINE:
The population of critically endangered vultures in Cambodia has seen a slight increase, raising hope for the species conservation, Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, said on Saturday.
Citing the preliminary results from the 2022 census conducted twice by the Cambodia Vulture Working Group at four vulture habitats, Pheaktra said a census on June 10 indicated that 134 vultures were recorded, and another census on June 17 found that there were 128 vultures.
"The figures represent a slight surge from a total of 121 vultures recorded in the 2021 census," he told Xinhua.
"The results show that the population of this rare species ha
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