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Rare animals released to the wild in Ha Tinh province

Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh announced on February 22 it received two stump-tailed macaques and one python molurus from local people.

Rare animals released to the wild in Ha Tinh province ảnh 1A stump-tailed macaque (Source: the Internet)

Ha Tinh (VNA) – Vu Quang National Park in the central province ofHa Tinh announced on February 22 it received two stump-tailed macaques and onepython molurus from local people.

The primate and reptile animals belong to Group IIB, the group of rare animalsrestricted from being held in captivity, hunted and used for commercialpurposes.

The Vu Quang National Park said that it received the animals from residents inSon Linh commune, Huong Son district, who found the macaques, one weighing 4kilogrammes and the other 2 kilogrammes, injured in the forest. They took theanimals home, and took care of them.

Meanwhile, the python, over 2.5 metres in length and over 7 kilogrammes inweight, was handed over by a local resident in Tho Dien commune, Vu Quangdistrict./.
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