Couple arrested for eating endangered animals on Youtube

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A woman was arrested after she filmed herself cooking and EATING endangered animals - to earn money on YOUTUBE. Mother-of-one Ah Lin Tuch and husband Phoun Raty made videos of her skinning an endangered fishing cat, a large lizard and protected species of birds. Wearing hot pants and crop tops, she grilled them on a camp fire fire and ate them in the jungle near the home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Other clips show her eating a king cobra, shark, sting ray and frogs. But the footage sparked fury from viewers who slammed the would-be survivalist when it emerged that the many of the creatures were protected species. The country's Ministry of Environment launched a man hunt for the couple last Wednesday (09/05) and the next day they appeared before the public admitting they cooked the animals and apologising for ''destroying our wild life''. Chea Sam Arng, head of the Environment Ministry’s General Directorate for Administration of Nature Conservation and Protection, said: ''We are now in the process of taking legal action against them while the working group is preparing a report on the matter.

    A woman has been arrested after she filmed herself skinning, cooking and eating endangered animals so that she could earn money on Youtube.

    Ah Lin Tuch sparked outrage at her choice of food as she presented a ‘survivalist’ life. She ate:

    -An endangered fishing cat

    -A large lizard

    -Several protected species of birds

    -A king cobra

    -Shark Stingrays

    -Frogs

    However viewers reported her when they realised that many of the animals she was eating near her home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were actually protected species.

    She and her husband Phoun Raty were tracked down by the country’s Ministry of Environment and have publicly apologised for ‘destroying our wildlife’.

    The couple claimed that they bought the wildlife ‘from a local market’ then cooked it.

    Environment officials are now investigating whether the animals were killed in the wild or bought from illegal stalls while they prepare the prosecution.

    Ah Lin said:

    ‘I don’t even know what kind of animals or birds we used or their impact on wildlife conservation.

    Ah Lin’s husband, Phoun, said they had intended to earn a living from the social media channel which had so far earned them $500 for Google sponsored adverts being shown on the clips.

    Zee News

     


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