Pilot reintroduction of Elongated Tortoise in Cambodia

Species Conservation Fund
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Project aims

  • Identify a suitable release site for Elongated Tortoise at a secure location in northeast Cambodia

  • Release up to 100 captive-bred and head-started Elongated Tortoises at a secure location, using a “soft-release” strategy

  • Monitor survival rates amongst the released Elongated Tortoises. 

Results

  • Full health screens were performed on ACCB's captive population of Elongated Tortoise, prior to release

  • 100 healthy tortoises were released at a secure semi-wild pre-release area in Northern Cambodia

  • 33 of the tortoises were fitted with VHF / GPS tags to aid monitoring

  • Full release of the tortoises into a protected area occured in January 2024 

Reports

 

AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB)

Country: Cambodia

Year project started: 2022

Species: Elongated Tortoise

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