The rangers from Sun Bear Station (Veal Pi) saved and released back into the wild 2 pigeons kept in captivity by a villager. The trapping system was dismantled and the hunter was warned with a three-strike contract.
Bird netting is a common practice in Koh Kong Province. Hunters create a wall out of thin black nets which covers hundreds of meters. To attract the birds, they use mature male pigeons to attract other birds with their chirping. Another more costly method is to use electronic devices made of one speaker, one car CD player and one car battery. The chirping is played over and over again. This “super effective” method is used mostly at night time, far from roads and community areas with devastating results.
via Pigeons saved and released back into the wild – Wildlife Alliance
Nov. 12 at 2am. Rangers (from Trapeang Rung and Veal Pi stations) waited 24 hours to ambushed a driver who was illegally transporting 178kg rosewood in a silver Camry car speeding on National Road 48. The hot pursuit ended when the suspect abandoned the car and fled the scene in the middle of the night. The rangers transported the car and rosewood to the station.
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On October 17, rangers from the Sun Bear (Veal Pi) Station rescued an Asian koel from a hunter’s bird net. These plastic “walls of death” indiscriminately trap not only many bird species, but also mammals including pangolins, civets, boars, and ungulates. The Asian koel, a member of the cuckoo family, is a relatively common species. However, exploitation, coupled with deforestation, is the greatest threat facing many bird species in tropical Southeast Asia – a region experiencing an extinction crisis. Bird nets are often thousands of meters long and ensnare any bird that flies into it. Wildlife Alliance rangers dismantle thousands of bird nets every year and arrest the hunters who set them.
While on patrol, the Sun Bear Station (Veal Pi) rangers ambushed a boat carrying rosewood. One man was arrested. The boat and timber were confiscated. Four of the men jumped ship and swam across the river. Rosewood is the world’s most trafficked wild product, used for luxury furniture.
Sun Bear station rangers released a 10 kg Burmese Python back into the wild. The reptile was confiscated from a village in Veal Pi area. The Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) is one of the biggest snakes in the world, these powerful ambushing constrictors are native to Southeast Asia. The nocturnal python lives in forested plains and hills, usually close to water. They can grow up to 6 meters (20 ft) long and weigh up to 180 kg (400 pounds) but despite their size, they are excellent swimmers and can stay submerged for up to 30 minutes.
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