On June 23, Quang Ngai Provincial Police informed that Ba To Commune Police had just traveled nearly 300 km to reach the Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism of Chu Mom Ray National Park to hand over the pangolin individual to functional agencies and local authorities to release back to the natural environment in Sub-area 605 of Chu Mom Ray National Park.
Previously, on June 18, 2026, the Commune Police coordinated with the Forest Protection Department to work in Ba To commune under the XIV Regional Forest Protection Department; made a record of handover and receipt of a Java pangolin from a resident in the commune who voluntarily handed it over.
At the police headquarters, Mr. Tuan said that while gardening, he discovered this pangolin individual. After that, he used his phone to look up information and determined that this is a pangolin species on the list of endangered, precious, and rare forest animals prioritized for protection.
Recognizing the responsibility of protecting wildlife, he brought the individual to hand over to functional agencies.
Java pangolins are wild animals belonging to Group IB, a group of endangered, precious, and rare forest animals prioritized for protection; it is strictly forbidden to exploit and use specimens taken from nature for commercial purposes.
In Vietnam, this species is recorded to be distributed from Quang Tri province to the southern provinces. The voluntary handover of wildlife and rare animals by people is of great practical significance, contributing to protecting biodiversity, preserving endangered species, maintaining ecological balance and precious gene resources in nature.
Thereby, contributing to preventing violations of the law and limiting the illegal hunting, captivation, trading, and transportation of wild animals.
