Dong Thap receives the first 6 red-crowned cranes from Thailand

The working group received the cranes and the leaders of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee happily welcomed the first cranes to Tram Chim National Park. Photo: Le Hoang Vu.

In order to restore and develop the red-crowned crane flock at Tram Chim National Park, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province by raising and releasing them back into the wild, recently the leaders of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee and the provincial departments and branches received the first 6 red-crowned cranes from the Kingdom of Thailand to Vietnam.

This is a cooperation between Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee and the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand (ZPOT), Vietnam Zoo Association (VZA), International Crane Federation (ICF) and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden Company Limited.

For the first time, 6 red-crowned cranes (about 7-8 months old) raised at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo were transported to Vietnam by air, including 3 males and 3 females.

Red-crowned cranes used to appear frequently in Tram Chim National Park, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province. Photo: Le Hoang Vu.

After checking its health status, the crane was transferred to Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden to be quarantined according to regulations on wildlife quarantine, then transported to Tram Chim National Park, Dong Thap province for continued care and conservation work.

The transfer and receipt of six red-crowned cranes from the Kingdom of Thailand to Vietnam is the first important milestone in the cooperation program between Vietnam and Thailand on red-crowned crane conservation.

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