Cambodia lauded as home to ‘largest’ Siamese croc population

A Siamese crocodile is released into the wild by a Fauna and Flora International official recently. - FFI

PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Fauna and Flora International (FFI) lauded the success of the government’s Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) breeding and release programme, noting that Cambodia is now home to the world’s largest wild population of the critically endangered reptiles.

In a May 17 press release, the FFI said that through the programme, conducted in collaboration with several partner conservation organisations, Cambodia now has a wild population of around 300 of the species. It estimated the total global population at about 1,000.