Off to safety: A herd ofBanteng roaming the grasslands in Siem Pang were later herded using a helicopter (pic, below) to move them to a sanctuary. — AFP
A helicopter successfully herded 16 critically endangered banteng onto a truck in Cambodia for the first time, conservationists said, marking a “significant achievement” in a country with high rates of deforestation.
Banteng are a type of wild cattle native to South-East Asia and listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of threatened species.
