Le Quang Thuan, vice chairman of Huong Hoa District People’s Committee, said that different ways have been used to scare the langurs away, but failed.
A langur on Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Experts from the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park’s animal protection centre in Quang Binh Province have suggested that the three Hatinh langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis) would be tranquilised and then taken to the park.
Since July, the langurs have often appeared on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, attacking 12 people and leaving them injured.
Quang Tri’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development decided to use a net of 2-3 metres high for fencing a 1.2-km section on Ho Chi Minh Trail which runs through Huong Lap Commune to prevent such similar cases, but this seems to be ineffective.
Early this month, when Nguyen Dinh Ngoc from Huong Hoa District was driving a motorbike to Huong Lap Commune, a lungur suddenly jumped out and rushed into him from behind.
He tried to speed up, but the animal caught up with him and scratched him on the right leg resulting in a wound requiring eight stitches.
