Three Javan pangolins are returned to their natural habitat at Bù Gia Mập National Park in Bình Phước Province. - VNA Photo

BÌNH PHƯỚC - The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Development of Wild Animals of Bù Gia Mập National Park in Bình Phước Province has returned eight wild animals to their natural habitat.

On February 27, the inter-district Forest Protection Department of Bù Gia Mập - Phước Long Town, Bình Phước Province cooperated with the centre to receive a pig-tailed macaque (macaca leonina).

This species is listed on the Red List of Việt Nam.

This pig-tailed macaque weighs 14kg and was voluntarily handed over by a local resident.

After receiving the pig-tailed macaque, the centre is taking care of it and rehabilitating it before returning it back into nature.

Prior to this, the centre has released seven other wild animals at Bù Gia Mập National Park, including three Javan pangolins (manis javanica); a pygmy slow loris (nycticebus pygmaeus); a civet (paradoxurus hermaphroditus); a wild cat (prionailurus bengalensis); and a pig-tailed macaque.

These animals were returned into the areas of subzones 14 and 22 within the forestry section of Bù Gia Mập National Park.

These zones consist of mixed forests and natural mountainous forests, providing suitable habitats for the animals to find food and enhance their adaptability in the natural environment.

All seven animals are categorised as endangered species, falling under groups IB and IIB.

They are strictly protected following a Decree of Government regarding the management of endangered and rare forest plants and animals as well as the enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). - VNS