Xuan Loc releases rare animals back into the forest

The Xuan Loc - Long Khanh City inter-district forest rangers have just released a loris weighing about 600g into the natural environment in the Chua Chan mountain area.

It is known that on May 2, a citizen named Chu Van Cong, residing in Binh Tien hamlet, Xuan Phu commune, voluntarily handed over the animal because he had caught it near his house before. Culy has the scientific name Nycticebus pygmaeus, a primate family, and is a rare animal. The Vietnam Red Book and the World Red Book both classify Culy as endangered (group IB), at risk of extinction and need to be preserved, and Vietnamese law strictly prohibits exploitation and use for commercial purposes. Recognizing that this is a rare animal, he voluntarily handed it over to the authorities with the desire to join hands with society to protect the environment and send a message of saying no to all forms of harm to rare animals. Officers of the Xuan Loc - Long Khanh City Inter-District Forest Protection Department said that this Culy individual was released back into the forest in good health and Cong's actions were commendable.

Source: https://ngoaivu.dongnai.gov.vn/vi/news/kinh-te-moi-truong/xuan-loc-tha-dong-vat-quy-hiem-ve-rung-63.html