Four wallabies trafficked into Vietnam have adapted to their new home at Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre in Lao Cai Province.
The animals were spotted hopping along a roadside in Cao Bang Province earlier this month and were then caught by local authorities and sent to the Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre in Lao Cai Province.
Speaking to Dantri on November 21, the director of Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre, La Van Toi, said that the four wallabies, three males and one female, have adapted well to their new home.
"They're living in a 150-square-metre semi-wild area," he said. "We'll provide them a cage with a heater in the cold winter weather."
Toi said that the animals have three meals a day, consisting of 70 percent hay, and 30 percent fresh vegetables and fruits.
Experts said that the four wallabies, which weigh between eight and nine kilos, might have been brought from Australia by traffickers who were transporting them to China.
