Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang Park Releases Eight Wild Animals Back to Nature

The Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh, on March 16 said it has released eight rare wild animals back into the natural environment. These animals include four câ?y vòi h??ng, a wild species of the Viverridae family, with the scientific name Paradoxurus hermaphrodites; a red faced monkey, with the scientific name Macaca arctoides; two turtles of a species with the scientific name Pyxidea mouhotii; and a monkey of a species with the scientific name Macaca asammensis, the board said. These wild animals had recently been handed over to the park by local residents who captured them, said Le Thanh Tinh, director of Phong Nha-Ke Bang. After receiving the animals, the Animal Rescue, Conservation and Development Center under the park took care of them properly and performed quarantine on them. Upon fully recovering their health, the animals were released back into the wild and they have rapidly re-integrated into their previous natural habitats, the park said. On this occasion, a filmmaking group from Germany's film and television production company Hoferichter & Jacobs coordinated with local competent agencies to document the park’s natural values and its rescue and conservation efforts toward wildlife. (Tuoi Tre – Youth March 17)