Earlier, when visiting Ca Dam Mountain in Tra Bong District, a man in Son Ha District saw the langur which was caught by a local resident. The man was then given the animal to be taken care of. After returning home, he informed local authorities who contacted the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre for the rescue.
The grey-shanked douc langur in Quang Nam has been rescued
Staff from the centre quickly travelled the 1,000 kilometres from Ninh Binh to Quang Ngai for the rare animal rescue despite the pandemic.
Nguyen Dai, head of the provincial Forestry Management Board said that the langur was transferred to the centre on Sunday afternoon.
The grey-shanked douc langur, a species native to Vietnam, was included in the Vietnam Red Book’s list of endangered species. They live in the Truong Son Forest which overlaps the provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai. At present, around 1,000 langurs of this kind are living in Vietnam.
The grey-shanked douc langur is among 25 most endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.