The number of gaurs living in Ya Book valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.
The People’s Court of Vinh Cuu district, the southern province of Dong Nai, gave imprisonment sentences to shooters of a gaur in a provincial sanctuary during a trial on April 25.
Chu Mom Ray National Park in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum is stepping up patrols to protect the local wildlife habitat, after a gaur (a type of bison) was killed by a truck recently.