(ĐN)- An Endangered Primate Rescue Center located at the Nam Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai province was inaugurated and formally put into operation on July 12.
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The center, covering 30 ha of land inside original forests on the Tien (Fairy) island, is dedicated to the rehabilitation, breeding, research, and conservation of endangered primates, and to the protection of their habitats.
The center was built at a cost of 500,000 Euro funded by the Monkey World-Ape Rescue Centre of the
It consists of 10 cages covering almost 700 sq. m., a feed-processing factory and an office for experts acting like a “Hospital in the forest.” The “Hospital” has a main task to rescue, provide medical treatment and take care of rare animals after rescuing them from cages and before releasing them to the nature.
Reported by Manh Thang
