Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Vietnam

Highlights

  • Raise awareness about the ill-effects of illegal wildlife trade
  • Participate in animals recue and rehabilitation mission
  • Play an active role in conservation work
  • Help animals in need live a complete and safe life

Overview

Vietnam has a major issue with illegal animal; trafficking. Government agencies in Vietnam will often release trade-confiscated wildlife straight back into the forest. These animals are released without any health checks or quarantine. Animals are often released outside of where the species is naturally found. These are threats to wild populations. Our rescue work directly targets these threats to wild populations. We use the media coverage of rescues and releases, to help educate the public, and raise awareness on the impacts of the illegal wildlife trade. Most importantly, we use these rescues to encourage and motivate the government to continue combating the illegal trade.

We work with the government to rescue trade-confiscated wildlife and we run a national hotline for reporting trade-confiscated wildlife that needs rescuing. When we receive news of trade-confiscated wildlife, our Rapid Response Team mobilises. This team consists of veterinarians and wildlife keepers. They work with the government confiscation authorities, providing practical training in best practices and give emergency care to the rescued wildlife. The trade-confiscated wildlife are then brought to our rescue centre. They then go through a 30-day quarantine. If healthy and releasable, the animals are then released into safe protected areas. Unreleasable animals will be kept in our education centre with the best care to inspire visitors to contribute to the conservation of the species.

Our aim is that all rescued, rehabilitated and captive born carnivores and pangolins are released back to the wild, and that these releases support the conservation of wild populations. As part of the pre-release preparation, animals undergo health checks and their feeding habits, behavior, weight and body condition are closely monitored. Before release, our field teams carry out field surveys to evaluate the suitability of release locations. Habitat condition, evidence of wild populations and the hunting pressures are considered to maximize the survival rate of released animals and ensure they will support wild populations. We are now in the process of monitoring these releases and their impacts on wild populations. We want to ensure that these releases are supporting the recovery of threatened wildlife species.

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