Endangered turtle now nearly extinct, experts warn

One of the world's most endangered turtles is now nearly extinct, with fewer than 10 left in the wild due to increased sand dredging and illegal forest clearance, conservationists have warned.

The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said that for several years the small remaining population of Cambodia's Royal Turtles, "perhaps numbering fewer than 10", have been successfully protected in the Sre Ambel river system by a joint project of the government's Fishery Administration and WCS.