Unique combination of more than 15,000 animal traps into a pair of wild elephants in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - More than 15,000 animal traps were dismantled and confiscated from the forest by the rangers of Pu Mat National Park, Con Cuong district, and tied together into pairs of mother and baby elephants, conveying the message to people not to use traps to hunt wild animals and to protect wild animals.
At a corner of the campusPu Mat National ParkFrom afar we saw the image of a mother and baby elephant leisurely “walking”. When we got closer we saw that these two elephants were made from very meticulous wild animal traps.
Mr. Le Anh Tuan - Deputy Director of Pu Mat National Park said: In 2023, during a field trip to Pu Mat National Park, lecturers and students of Hanoi University of Architecture asked to design a pair of mother and baby elephants, made from wild animal traps removed and confiscated by the rangers of Pu Mat National Park.
After the design was completed, more than 15,000 traps were dismantled from 2018 until now and stored in the warehouse, and brought out to be paired with wild elephants.
To complete this pair of mother and baby elephants, lecturers and students of Hanoi University of Architecture, along with staff and workers of Pu Mat National Park and forest protection households worked hard for more than 10 days. The remaining 3,000 traps were placed in the belly of the mother and baby elephants. The wild animal traps used to "tie elephants" were mainly clamp traps, noose traps, spear traps, etc.
Mr. Le Anh Tuan added: The display of a pair of elephants trapping wild animals here sends a message to tourists and locals not to use traps to hunt wild animals and to protect wild animals.
Pu Mat National Park has an area of over 94,275 hectares, spread over 3 districts: Tuong Duong, Con Cuong and Anh Son. The park has 82 species of 33 families belonging to the classes of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Of which, there are 48 endangered and rare animal species, 26 species are listed in the Vietnam Red Book, 21 species are listed in the IUCN Red List...
In the Park area, there is often a situation where people from all over use traps and guns to illegally hunt rare wild animals. Since the beginning of 2024, the Pu Mat National Park rangers have removed and destroyed over 400 traps of all kinds, along with hunting guns and weapons to hunt wild animals such as spears, nooses, etc.