"Hot" hunting problem in Pu Mat National Park, 1 year confiscated more than 3,000 traps
(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, Pu Mat National Park (Nghe An) has been "heating up" with the situation of hunting and trapping wild animals.
It is known that most of the "hunters" are people living in buffer zones such as Tam Dinh and Tam Quang communes (Tuong Duong), Chau Khe, Lang Khe and Yen Khe communes (Con Cuong)...
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| Over 3,000 traps for wild animals of all kinds were seized at Pu Mat National Park. Photo: Van Truong. |
Wild animals such as civets, wild cats, bamboo rats, wild pigs, etc. are all being hunted to extinction by hunters, many of which are at risk of being "wiped out" here.
A representative of Pu Mat National Park said: The subjects often use many types of hunting guns and traps to hunt wild animals such as: spears, noose traps, and clamp traps. The main animals that the trappers often target are wild boars, weasels, monkeys, squirrels, etc.
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| Traps using motorbike brakes can trap tigers, leopards... Photo: Van Truong |
Recently, on January 13, the authorities arrested 5 subjects and confiscated 5 homemade guns, 2 dead gray langurs (Trachypithecus phayrei), 1 live wild boar, dried legs and bones of 1 wild boar, and various types of trapping wire.
Previously, on January 1, the Forest Rangers and forest protection officers arrested 7 people living in Khe Bu village, Chau Khe commune (Con Cuong) with 9 homemade guns, the evidence collected included monkeys, flying squirrels and dried mice. These people were fined a total of 36 million VND.
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| Authorities seized a large quantity of hunting guns. Photo: Van Truong |
