Animal traps transformed into elephant statues

Around 15,000 animal traps found at Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An have been used to create the statues of a mother elephant and its offspring.

The concept was created by lecturers and students from the Hanoi Architectural University following a visit to Pu Mat National Park.

 

The elephants statues made from the animals traps at Pu Mat National Park.

According to Le Anh Tuan, deputy director of Pu Mat National Park, the traps were gathered and kept at a store from 2018.

Lecturers and students from the Hanoi Architectural University and staff from Pu Mat National Park spent 10 days making the elephant statues.

The works displayed at the national park convey messages about environmental and wild animal protection.

It is common to see animal traps in Pu Mat National Park. Since early this year, around 400 traps have been found.

The national park is home to 82 animal species, including 48 rare and endangered ones. Among those, 26 animal species are in the Vietnamese Red List and 21 in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.