Cambodia records stable population of rare vultures


The vultures are included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List as critically endangered. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): The population of critically endangered vultures in Cambodia is stable with 131 birds recorded in a census last week, Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment, said on Wednesday (June 14).

"According to the results of a vulture census on June 9, a total of 131 vultures were recorded in Cambodia," he said in a news release.

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