Twenty-five volunteer students from Ho Chi Minh City-based universities
have been present at the Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Station in Hon Dat
district, southern Kien Giang province from June 26-28 to join wildlife
protection activities.
This is the first programme
held by the Wildlife At Risks (WAR) to help its student members learn
about wildlife protection and make contributions to the rescue of wild
animals.
Accordingly, participating students have
built and painted cages for wild animals, provided care for them and
delivered leaflets on wildlife care and protection for local people.
They have also taken photographs on wildlife to serve research work.
Through these activities, they have been equipped with knowledge and skills relating to wildlife protection.
Jointly established by WAR and Kien Giang province’s Forest Management
Department in April 2008, the 3-ha Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Station is
now home to more than 50 individuals of rare animal species, including
Tibetan and Malayan bears, yellow-cheeked gibbon, pygmy slow loris and
pond turtle.-VNA