The People's Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai approved an urgent project to protect wild Asian elephants in the province, said Le Viet Dung, deputy head of the province's Forest Protection Division.
The People's Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai approved an urgent project to protect wild Asian elephants in the province, said Le Viet Dung, deputy head of the province's Forest Protection Division.
The project with a cost of more than VND74 billion (US$3.52 million) is being assessed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to the ministry's Forest Protection Department, wild Asian elephants have been sighted in Nghe An, Dak Lak and Dong Nai provinces.
In Dong Nai province, at the end of 2001, around 15-20 wild elephants were left at Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve and La Nga Forestry Company. In 2013, there were only 10 elephants in the province.
(Source:VNS)
