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National park releases wild animals back to nature

Thirty masked palm civets were released back to nature on November 23 after a period of staying in the care at the Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
National park releases wild animals back to nature ảnh 1A masked palm civet (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Binh (VNA) – Thirty masked palm civetswere released back to nature on November 23 after a period of staying in the care at the Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh.
The group are among the 100 civets that were handed over to the park fromBac Giang forest rangers and police in April. The animals were exhibits of an illegalwildlife trafficking case.
Now 70 of them meet conditions to return to nature.
This time saw the largest number of animals being released, arepresentative of the park said, adding that the remainders will continue to becared for and released in the future.
National park releases wild animals back to nature ảnh 2The animals are being released back to nature (Photo: VNA)
The activity to return animals into the wild has beenintegrated into a travel tour at Cuc Phuong National Park launched this March,which promotes forest protection and management, together with education onnature conservation via ecotourism, especially in wildlife rescue andconservation./.
VNA
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