Tigers Are Functionally Extinct In Cambodia

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Cambodia's forests of the night could soon host tigers again. Luke Wait/Shutterstock

Cambodia has launched a plan to return tigers to the country, starting by acknowledging that the apex predator is locally “functionally extinct”.

If the first stage of solving a problem is admitting you have it, Cambodia has taken its time on this one. According to conservation group WWF the last recording of a tiger in the country was in 2007, when a camera trap detected one in Mondulkiri province.