(ĐN)- The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creatures Development at Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai province has received and released in to the wild a rare pygmy slow loris.
(ĐN)- The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creatures Development at Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai province has received and released in to the wild a rare pygmy slow loris.
Earlier, the loris was handed over by a resident in Nui Tuong commune of Tan Phu district, to the local authorities to release into the wild.
The slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) is threatened with extinction in Vietnam. The animal is now ranked at the Vulnerable level (VU - High risk of endangerment in the wild) in the Vietnam Red Book.
Reported by T.K
