F ew wildlife experts familiar with Cambodia’s ground realities think that exporting wild tigers from India under the 2022 MOU is a good idea.

Last year, India’s former Ambassador to Phnom Penh Devyani Khobragade said the introduction of wild tigers from India would take place this year. Thus far however, there is no sign of it. On being asked for the status of the project, a source in the Indian government responded saying that the “process… has started… but no translocation has happened yet.” They added that India’s Ministry of External Affairs was awaiting reports from India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests.

This apparent delay is not a bad thing; it gives more time to the proposed relocation site – Cambodia’s sprawling Cardamom landscape – to recover in every respect, from prey

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