A baby pangolin born at Quảng Nam rescue centre

A pangolin mother and its new born are seen living in the rescue central of Vinpearl River Safari South Hội An in Quảng Nam Province. It's the second time a rescued pangolin mother successfully giving birth at captured habitat. — Photo courtesy of Vinpearl River Safari South Hội An

QUẢNG NAM — A baby pangolin was successfully born by a rescued mother Sunda Pangolin (Manis Javanica) – one year after the mother pangolin was rescued and cared at capture breeding at the rescue central of Vinpearl River Safari South Hội An in the central province of Quảng Nam.

The centre said the pangolin mother, which was rescued from a wildlife trafficking case in Tiên Phước district on December 13, 2023, has been given medical care and nutrition in half wild habitat at the centre before giving birth to a newborn pangolin on May 13.

It’s the second time the new born pangolin was safely produced by a rescued mother at the centre since the first case on January 22, 2023, the centre added.

It said the first pangolin mother was saved by police force of Nam Giang District on August 25, 2022, from an illegal trade case.

The two new born pangolins at the rescue centre promote the efforts made by staffs and experts and raising hopes for trafficked endangered wildlife animals in central Việt Nam.

The two mother pangolins were listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List.

Quảng Nam Province has been recognised as a successful protection and conservation of ecosystems, wild species, and rare genetic resources in Việt Nam.

The province has established eight conservation areas including a part of the Bạch Mã National Park, the Sông Thanh National Park, the Sao La (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) Species and Habitat Conservation Area, the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area, the Ngọc Linh Nature Reserve, the Mỹ Sơn Cultural and Historical Landscape Protection Area, the Chàm Islands-Hội An world biosphere Reserve and the Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve.

The province is promoting 2024 as the year of Biodiversity Restoration action plan, and has been building the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Plan for 2021-30, with a vision towards 2025.

Last month, the coastal province introduced the first ever biodiversity museum in Tam Kỳ City, showing more than 3,700 photos and 1,200 specimens of flora and fauna found in the locality.

Vice Director of the Quảng Nam Department of Natural Resources and Environment Lê Thuỷ Trinh said that the launching of the museum is necessary and meaningful, aiming to promote the values of biodiversity and the richness of rare, endemic, and typical flora and fauna species in the province. — VNS