Snares — simple traps made of wire and rope — have become the single biggest threat to ground-dwelling animals in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos over the last decade, says Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife Alliance
Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife Alliance, which operates in Cambodia, says that snares -- simple traps made of wire and rope -- have become the single biggest threat to ground-dwelling animals in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos over the last decade. Snares collected by community rangers in Nakai-Nam Theun -- a protected area in the Annamite Mountains in Laos.The scale of the problem is"phenomenal" says Gray.
Analysis by scientists from the University of Maryland and Global Forest Watch has revealed that although other countries are losing more forest in terms of area, Cambodia's forests are being cleared especially rapidly. The country lost four times as much forest in 2014 as it did in 2001.However, although logging and deforestation destroy the animals' habitat, Gray says that by the time the trees are cut down, most of the animals have already been killed by hunters.
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