News Brief (E237, 12th October,2007)
Top News
Tigers raised illegally in Thanh Hoa and Thai Nguyen provinces
Recently, authorities in two provinces have discovered a total of fourteen tigers being kept in captivity. The owners have been unable to prove that these animals are of legal origin.
(English version)
Source: Vietnam News Newspaper
(Vietnamese version)
Source: Sài Gòn Giải Phóng
Source: www.nld.com.vn
Wildlife released into U Minh Thuong National Park
On October 1, Ho Chi Minh Forest Protection Department, working in cooperation with Wildlife at Risk (WAR), has released a number of wild animals, including five Malayan pangolins (Manis javanica), a Burmese python (Python molurus) and two Asiatic soft-shelled turtles (Amyda cartilaginea) into U Minh Thuong National Park. This is the second time that WAR has released wild animals into U Minh Thuong National Park after providing them with veterinary care at Cu Chi Rescue Centre. (Vietnamese version)
Source: thiennhien.net
Black-shanked douc langurs threatened in Khanh Hoa
A community of Black-shanked douc langurs on the Hon Keo peninsula in Khanh Hoa province is being hunted to make glue and is expected to disappear in the near future unless stricter protection measures are enforced. (Vietnamese version)
Nguồn: Khoa học và đời sống
Nguồn: Khoa học và đời sống
Muong Nhe Nature Reserve threatened
Wild animals are disappearing quickly in Muong Nhe Nature Reserve due to illegal hunting and deforestation. (Vietnamese version)
Nguồn: www.vovnews.vn
Domestic elephants conserved in Dak Lak
The Dak Lak People’s Committee has agreed to invest 8.5 billion Vietnam Dong to develop and conserve the population of local domestic elephants. (Vietnamese version)
Nguồn: Báo Pháp Luật
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