Rare tiger prey at risk from land concessions

Surveys conducted by the World Wildlife Foundation have revealed that the world’s largest population of banteng, an endangered species of cattle that once thrived in the Kingdom, remains at risk due to economic land concessions and poaching inside protected areas… The number of banteng in Cambodia has decreased by more than 50 percent in the last 30 years, causing them to be officially listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as globally endangered in 1996, said the statement released yesterday by the WWF…

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