The forest management department of Van Ban mountainous district in the
northern province of Lao Cai released over 100 wild birds back into
their natural habitat on September 17.
The birds, including many
rare species such as red-whiskered bulbul (pycnonotus jocosus), white
stork (Eretta garzetta) and spotted dove (streptopelia chinensis), had
been illegally snared by two local people.
According to Ha Minh
Son, director of the department, the Hoang Lien-Van Ban Nature Reserve
Area is home to many rare species of flora, such as Taiwanese araucaria
(Taiwania crytomerioides) and acanthus goldthread (Mahonia beali).
The area is also haven for threatened animal species such as the black
gibbon (Nomascus concolor), black-back bird (Sitta formosa), toadfish
(Paramesotriton deloustali), small loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) and
large-cranium bat (Myotis siligorensis), Son added.
He said his department has been working hard to prevent local people from hunting and snaring the park’s wildlife.-VNA