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Coming face to face with war in a wildlife sanctuary
A Singaporean public health expert and his family were volunteering in Cambodia when a Thai jet attacked. He recounts the suffering of the locals.
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Volunteers and staff from the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary taking shelter in a nearby forest after three explosions were heard nearby on Dec 11.
PHOTO: TEO YIK YING
Teo Yik Ying
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Thursday, Dec 11. My family and I were at work at the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary, where we were part of a team of volunteers caring for displaced and rescued elephants, alongside a whole menagerie of farm animals, including dogs and cats.
We knew that a border conflict had erupted between Thailand and Cambodia,
