While fishing, people in Ho Chi Minh City discovered a rare python. They handed it over to the forest rangers.

While visiting a fishing net, a resident of Binh Loi commune (HCMC) discovered a python over 1 meter long, and then handed it over to the HCM City Forest Protection Department.

Forest rangers from the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department receive a python (in a net bag) from Mr. Ngo Van Danh - Photo: NGOC KHAI

On October 17, the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department received a python voluntarily handed over by Mr. Ngo Van Danh (in the old Binh Chanh district, now Binh Loi commune, Ho Chi Minh City).

Talking to Tuoi Tre Online , Mr. Ngo Van Danh said he set up fishing nets in a ditch near his house.

When he checked the coir, he was surprised to find a python inside. Looking up information online, he learned that this was a python - a rare animal that needs to be protected, so he contacted the authorities to hand it over.

"I handed this python over to the forest rangers with the hope that it would be rescued and released back into the forest, to grow and reproduce like other wild animals in the natural environment," said Mr. Danh.

Mr. Danh added that someone asked to keep the python to butcher it, but he refused, preferring to hand it over to the authorities so it could be released back into the forest.

The python that Mr. Ngo Van Danh handed over to the HCM City Forest Protection Department - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Receiving the python, forest rangers from the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department identified it as a ground python, scientific name Python bivittatus, belonging to group IIB in the list of endangered, precious, and rare species according to Circular 27/2025/TT-BNNMT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment .

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tham-don-bat-ca-phat-hien-tran-dat-quy-hiem-nguoi-dan-o-tp-hcm-giao-kiem-lam-20251017203817776.htm