Accidentally caught a wild bird in the garden listed in the Red Book and brought it to the HCM City Forest Ranger.

The HCM City Forest Protection Department received and rescued a white-bellied sandpiper voluntarily surrendered by Mr. Nguyen Ba Quyen, Tan Thuan Dong Ward, District 7. This wild bird, listed in the World Red Book, was accidentally caught by Mr. Quyen in his garden.

On February 21, the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department received and rescued a rare and endangered white-bellied sandpiper voluntarily surrendered by Mr. Nguyen Ba Quyen (in Tan Thuan Dong ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City).

The wild animal, listed in the World Red Book, is a rare white-bellied sandpiper caught by Mr. Ba Quyen, a resident of Tan Thuan Dong ward, district 7, Ho Chi Minh City, when he accidentally visited the garden. Photo: Tri Vien.

This wild bird weighs about 0.5kg, its scientific name is Anthracoceros albirostris, belonging to group IIB in the list of rare and endangered forest animals.

According to Mr. Quyen, when he discovered a strange bird flying into his garden, he quickly found out that this was a rare bird, protected by law.

Mr. Quyen cut up fruit to feed the bird, then approached, caught the bird, put it in a cage and contacted the forestry agency to hand it over.

"It was quite easy to approach and catch the bird, unlike birds living in the wild. I feel there is a possibility that the bird was raised by someone and escaped," said Mr. Quyen.

A few days earlier, Mr. Nguyen Khac Minh (in Ward 4, Tan Binh District) also voluntarily handed over a white-bellied sandpiper to the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department.

Mr. Minh said that when he came home at midnight, he discovered a strange bird perched on the stairs and then flew through the window. After investigating, he suspected it was a rare bird, so he cut up some fruit to feed the bird and gave it water to drink.

By morning, the bird was still in the house and had not flown away. Mr. Minh contacted the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens and was instructed to hand over the rare bird to the forest rangers. Mr. Minh thought that the bird might have flown into his house through the door frame, suspecting that someone had raised it and it had escaped from its cage.

Deputy Head of the Wildlife Rescue Station, Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department - Mr. Nguyen Cong Bang, said that the two white-bellied sandpipers that people handed over to the forest protection agency above were likely kept by someone as pets, then escaped or were released.

Keeping wild animals in captivity without documents proving their legal origin is a violation of the law, Mr. Bang affirmed.

Besides legal issues, arbitrarily raising wild animals has many potential risks as wild animals can be harmful to humans or can carry pathogens that affect human health.

People who raise wild animals without permission should contact local authorities and forest rangers to voluntarily hand them over. When discovering wild animals in residential areas, people should immediately report to local authorities and forest rangers to receive and rescue them according to regulations.

Source: https://danviet.vn/ra-vuon-vo-tinh-bat-duoc-con-chim-hoang-da-co-ten-trong-sach-do-mang-nop-kiem-lam-tp-hcm-20250221162148902.htm