Shinta Mani Wild Continues to Support Wildlife Alliance Rangers in Cambodia

In line with its commitment to protect the forest and wildlife in Cambodia's South Cardamom National Park, the Shinta Mani Wild continues to fund a team of 8 Wildlife Alliance Rangers and the Ranger Station at the camp to support them in their important mission, despite the luxury tented camp being temporarily closed to guests.

Sangjay Choegyal, the camp’s former General Manager joined the rangers as a volunteer and in a recent 4 day patrol deep inside the National Park, they confiscated 8 chainsaws, 2 mini tractors, dismantled 16 logging camps, found remains of numerous poached animals and confiscated nearly 20 cubic meters of luxury timber that was on it’s way to the black market.

A statistics board at the camp shows the number of various items confiscated and animals saved and is updated daily. So far, over 1,819 snares have been removed, 10 fires put out, 80 chainsaws and 1,632 pieces of illegal timber recovered, 4 guns confiscated and 298 illegal fences dismantled.

More than 76 turtles and 7 civet cats, along with several other animals, have also been rescued.

“Some of Cambodia’s, and the world’s most endangered species still call the Cardamom mountains home, including 54 animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List,” said co-owner Bill Bensley. “As the forest cover disappears, so does the wildlife. It will take major conservancy of the evergreen forest for these fabulous residents to thrive again, but that is the goal at Shinta Mani Wild. We cannot, must not and will not give up on this important work to protect the forest and wildlife.”

Wildlife Alliance was founded in 1996 by Suwanna Gauntlett who has dedicated her life to wildlife protection around the world.

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