Seven endangered animals released into Vietnam national park

They comprise three Sunda pangolins (manis javanica), one northern pig-tailed macaque (jacaca leonina), one pygmy slow loris (jycticebus pygmaeus), one reticulated python (python reticulatus), and one clouded monitor (varanus nebulosus).

All the species are listed in the Vietnam Red Data Book of endangered species.

The animals were reintroduced to the wild by the forest protection division of Bu Gia Map District and Phuoc Long Town, and the Bu Gia Map National Park's center for creature rescue, conservation and development.

Earlier, they had been handed over by local residents and then received care from the center in a semi-wild setting.

The conservation center said it will keep coordinating with forest protection units to monitor the animals in 15 days. The individuals unable to adapt to the natural environment will be brought back to the center for further care to recover their natural instincts, and released back to nature later.

So far, the forest protection force of Binh Phuoc and the Bu Gia Map National Park have reintroduced a number of threatened animals, most of which were handed over by locals.