Wildlife group finds endangered turtle nests

THE Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS Cambodia) Nest Protection Team, in collaboration with the Fisheries Administration, have found five nests of the critically endangered Cantor’s giant softshell turtle (also known as a frog-headed turtle) during the 2020 breeding season on a beach along the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Sambor district.

WCS Cambodia’s Mekong regional coordinator Nhuon Chanty said the first nest they discovered had 32 eggs, but within a week the team had found four more nests.