"Subscribe to the channel! Click on the bell!": a Cambodian woman ate rare animals on camera for the sake of earning money on YouTube

A couple from Cambodia came up with an exotic hobby for themselves: they bought rare animals at the market, skinned them, cooked over a fire and ate, and then showed their culinary experiments on YouTube. The main goal was to make money. As a result, gourmets will appear in court.

Young mother An Lin Tuch (Ah Lin Tuch) and her husband Fun Raty (Phoun Raty) on camera skinned and butchered representatives of rare species. Then the couple roasted the animals on the fire and ate them. All this bloody feast took place in the jungle near their home in Phnom Penh.

Among the animals that the couple used in the video were lizards and birds listed in the Red Book, and even a cub of rare fishing cats.

A blogger shows a heron carcass to the camera. This bird species is under state protection in Cambodia

In one of her videos, An skinned and ate a kitten of a fishing cat. This is a rare animal that belongs to vulnerable species, that is, it is at risk of becoming extinct

In addition to endangered species, the Cambodian also tasted cow, cobra, shark and frog meat on camera.

An Lin Clouds with a stingray

In one of the videos, it was shown how An chopped a snake into pieces, then cooked soup from it over a fire and tasted her dish at the end.

Gradually, the YouTube channel gained popularity, and employees of the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia drew attention to the meals of the enterprising couple. As a result, the bloggers were arrested.

"Now we are in the process of filing lawsuits, but for now the working group is preparing a report on this issue," Chea Sam Arng, head of the Main Department for Nature Protection and Environmental Protection, told reporters. However, he did not specify what punishment the arrested bloggers could face.