Seeing the rare injured douc langur, people took it to the authorities.

A rare black-shanked douc langur that was injured and unable to move was handed over to forest rangers by a group of people in Lam Dong.

Black-shanked douc langur - Photo: PHAM NGAN

On August 29, Da Huoai Forest Protection Department ( Lam Dong province) said it had received and cared for a rare black-shanked douc langur that was injured and handed over by local people.

At around 2:20 p.m. on August 26, on the way back from Bao Lam 5 commune (Lam Dong province), Tran Ngoc Phu (30 years old, village 2, Da Teh 2 commune, Lam Dong province), Le Tieu Han (25 years old, village 2A, Da Teh commune, Lam Dong province) and Nguyen Thanh Tam (32 years old, Ha Oai village, Da Teh 3 commune, Lam Dong province) discovered a langur lying on provincial road 725 (Con O pass section, Da Teh 3 commune, Lam Dong province).

When discovered by three locals, the langur had an injured leg and was unable to move.

Realizing that this was a rare wild animal, the three men brought the langur to the Da Teh 3 Commune Police Station (Lam Dong Province) to hand it over. Immediately afterwards, the Commune Police contacted the Da Huoai Forest Protection Department (Lam Dong Province) to receive, care for and handle it according to regulations.

Authorities identified this as a rare black-shanked douc langur.

Authorities receive black-shanked douc langur for care - Photo: PHAM NGAN

The black-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nigripes) is a primate listed as critically endangered (CR) in the IUCN Red Book and Vietnam Red Book. This species is also listed in Appendix I of the CITES Convention, which prohibits the exploitation, trade, import, export and transit of specimens for commercial purposes.

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