Thursday, 5 February 2009

Day in pictures

Troy Suville (C) and Toby Eastue (R), ecologists from World Wildlife Fund, try to capture a crocodile for a blood test with the help of Adam Starr, project manager of Fauna and Flora International (L) at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis on the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed at finding purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is a greatly endangered animal that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Environmentalists calculate there are less than 250 of this reptile in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Adam Starr, project manager of Fauna and Flora International (L), looks on as Dr. Nhim Thy extracts a blood sample from a crocodile at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis over the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed to find purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is one of the most endangered animals that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Estimations calculate less than 250 adults survive in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Zoo keepers immobilize a crocodile for a blood test at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis on the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed at finding purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is a greatly endangered animal that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Environmentalists calculate there are less than 250 of this reptile in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Zoo keepers lasso a crocodile for a blood test in a cage at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis on the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed at finding purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is a greatly endangered animal that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Estimations calculate less than 250 adults survive in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Adam Starr, project manager of Fauna and Flora International (R), looks on as Dr. Nhim Thy (L) takes a blood sample from a crocodile at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis on the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed at finding purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is a greatly endangered animal that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Estimations calculate less than 250 adults survive in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Toby Eastue, ecologist from WWF (2nd L), Adam Starr, project manager of Fauna and Flora International (L) and zoo keepers carry a crocodile for a blood test at Phnom Tamao wildlife center in Takoe province, 45 km (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, February 4, 2009. Fauna and Flora International Cambodia is running a DNA analysis on the crocodile population at the Phnom Tamao wildlife rescue center aimed at finding purebred Siamese Crocodiles among the population of over 70 kept in the sanctuary. The Siamese Crocodile is a greatly endangered animal that used to be common in the wetlands of Southeast Asia. Estimations calculate less than 250 adults survive in the wild.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Cambodian family members carry their mother as she sits on the bed before receiving the holly water from a Buddhist monk during her birthday celebration at Kampong Speu province about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

German Alexander Moritz Watrin, 38, stands by the side door of Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2009. The Cambodian court has reduced the prison term of Watrin convicted of sexually abusing four Cambodian boys agaed 7 to 15.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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