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Hoang Lien National Park released 20 wild animals into the wild

(VAN) 20 individuals of wild animals, including many rare species, were released back to their natural habitat.
A Sa Pa resident discovered a small loris while working in the fields and brought it to the Hoang Lien Center for Rescue and Conservative Organism to take care of and release it back into the forest.

A Sa Pa resident discovered a small loris while working in the fields and brought it to the Hoang Lien Center for Rescue and Conservative Organism to take care of and release it back into the forest.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Hanh, Director of Hoang Lien National Park said that on June 23, Hoang Lien National Park cooperated with the Hoang Lien Center for Rescue and Conservative Organism to re-released 5 species of 20 wild animals to the natural forest in the Xe mountain area, near O Quy Ho Heaven Gate.

These wild animals were received from seizures, donation, or rescues, and are now released back into the wild.

The 20 wild animals are consisted of 3 individuals of small loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus); 5 large-headed turtles (platysternon megacephalum); 6 individuals of moldy civet (Paguma larvata); 2 wild cats (prionailurus bengalensis); 4 pythons (Python molurus).

The release of wild animals into the wild on June 23, 2022.

The release of wild animals into the wild on June 23, 2022.

Hoang Lien National Park organizes the re-release of wild animals after their rescue to the natural environment to celebrate the 115th anniversary of the establishment of Lao Cai province (July 12, 1907 - July 12, 2022), and 20 years of establishment of Hoang Lien National Park (July 12, 2002 - July 12, 2022).

In Lao Cai province, there are 955 species of wildlife with national and global conservation value. These species include 155 precious and rare species; 20 rare species listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book and the Red Data Book; 19 species included in the CITES Appendix; 22 typical endemic species for the high mountains of Hoang Lien Son.

Author: Hai Dang

Translated by Hoang Duy

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