Animals released to wild to boost ecotourism
Update: 29/07/2008
An ecotourism company from HCMC has released animals including deer, wild boars, tortoises, pythons and snakes, porcupines and species of bird into natural forest in the central highlands.
The company says th
e animals were released into 50ha of forest in the Mang Den national ecotourism area in Kon Tum Province to help conserve wildlife and attract tourists to the ecotourism area.
Deputy director of the ecotourism-based Sai Gon-Mang Den joint stock company, Lam Ba Khai, said this is the second time his company bought wild animals from nearby localities and released them into natural forests.
The company is also investing VND 40 million to provide supplementary food for the animals.
Khai said all animals were quarantined and checked for reproductive ability and acclimatized in natural surrounds before being released to freedom.