Eight rare animals were recently released back into the wild in thePhong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province, said thepark’s management board on March 16.
Therehabilitated animals included four Asian palm civets (scientificallynamed Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), one stump-tailed macaque (Macacaarctoides), two keeled box turtles (Pyxidea mouhotii), and one Assammacaque (Macaca assamensis).
Director of themanagement board Le Thanh Tinh said they had originally been caught bylocal residents who were later persuaded to hand over the animals to theboard.
The animals have been under the care of thepark’s centre for rescue, conservation, and development before beingreintroduced to their natural habitats, he added.
Onthis occasion, Germany’s Hoferichter and Jacobs film and televisionproduction company coordinated with local agencies to film the park’snatural values and conservation efforts.
Covering anarea of 85,754 hectares, the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park wasrecognised as a UNESCO geological and geomorphological World NaturalHeritage Site in 2003.
Alarge number of fauna and flora species exist within the property with849 recorded vertebrate species, including a number of indigenous andendangered species such as tigers, Asiatic black bears, Asian elephants,giant muntjacs, Asian wild dogs, and the recently discovered Sao ladeer.
The park is considered among the 238 most important ecological zones in the world.-VNA
Therehabilitated animals included four Asian palm civets (scientificallynamed Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), one stump-tailed macaque (Macacaarctoides), two keeled box turtles (Pyxidea mouhotii), and one Assammacaque (Macaca assamensis).
Director of themanagement board Le Thanh Tinh said they had originally been caught bylocal residents who were later persuaded to hand over the animals to theboard.
The animals have been under the care of thepark’s centre for rescue, conservation, and development before beingreintroduced to their natural habitats, he added.
Onthis occasion, Germany’s Hoferichter and Jacobs film and televisionproduction company coordinated with local agencies to film the park’snatural values and conservation efforts.
Covering anarea of 85,754 hectares, the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park wasrecognised as a UNESCO geological and geomorphological World NaturalHeritage Site in 2003.
Alarge number of fauna and flora species exist within the property with849 recorded vertebrate species, including a number of indigenous andendangered species such as tigers, Asiatic black bears, Asian elephants,giant muntjacs, Asian wild dogs, and the recently discovered Sao ladeer.
The park is considered among the 238 most important ecological zones in the world.-VNA
