From near extinction to new beginnings


Newborns: a keeper holding a newly-hatched baby Siamese crocodile at the Siamese Crocodile Breeding Facility in phnom Tamao zoo in Takeo province. — AFP

A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in the country’s Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him.

Inside is precious cargo – a critically-endan­gered Siamese crocodile.

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