The management board of Tram Chim National Park in the southern provinceof Dong Thap has just released into the park 10 wild animals, some ofwhich are rare species.
Among the animals,which were rescued elsewhere by the Wildlife Rescue Centre in Ho ChiMinh City, there are four Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinerea), twoleopard cats (Prionailurus bangalensis) and one king cobra (Ophiophagushannah), all listed in Group IB (strictly banned from commercialexploitation and use) in Vietnam’s Red Book of endangered species.
In addition to the animals, the park management, in coordination withthe aquatic resource management centre of Tam Nong district, released10,000 fish fry into ponds in the park.
Established in 1985, the 7,313-hectare Tram Chim became a national parkin 1998 and then the fourth Ramsar site in Vietnam in 2012.
The park’s plentiful green vegetation is inhabited by more than 130species of higher plants featuring six main types of floristicsocieties.
Water life in the park isalso bustling seeing the presence of over 150 species of freshwaterfish, with some listed in Vietnam’s Red Book like clown feather-backfish, common archerfish and giant barbs, nearly 180 algae species, 26epifauna species, 350 species of plankton and 34 species of amphibian.
Tram Chim is home to 198bird species, including 16 rare ones such as red-headed cranes,black-faced spoonbills, black eagles, great-billed herons andspotted-billed pelicans. It was recognised as an important birdsanctuary in Vietnam.-VNA