Nine Wild Animals Rescued

Education for Nature–Vietnam (ENV) said on June 8 it had rescued nine wild animals with assistance from local units after following up on reports from local residents and volunteers.  Among the rescued animals are five sea turtles, three long-tailed monkeys and one loris. All the animals have been released into the wild. On Jun 14, three sea turtles, weighing up to 70kg, were rescued from a wooden boat located near Cha Va Bridge in the southern Vung Tau Province, thanks to a report from a tourist. On the same day, the ENV’s volunteers, working with local agencies, also rescued two monkeys that had been kept by a household in HCM City’s Tan Phu District. Two sea turtles weighing a total of 16kg were rescued on June 13, when a restaurant released them to the environment police and Ha Long forest management centre in the northern Quang Ninh Province. Earlier, another monkey and a loris were rescued in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and at Cuc Phuong National Park. (Vietnam News June 9)