We rescued 45 pangolins from three illegal wildlife trade cases. We had a big rescue on the 14 Dec with 41 pangolins confiscated, two other cases happened at Nam Dinh and Ha Tinh Province. Four pangolins rescued from Ha Tinh province were transferred to Pu Mat Rescue center and one of them gave birth there.
The rest of pangolins are at Cuc Phuong rescue center. However, due to their poor condition when being poached and the harsh winter, almost half of them could not make it.

Cuc Phuong Rescue Center

Say goodbye to Mindy- an old female Owston’s Civet!

Mindy had been at CPCP for nearly 20 years. Last month, our veterinarian found that she had tumors. Her quality of life decreased due to her clinical problems. After a discussion with the keeper team, our veterinarians decided to euthanize her to stop her from suffering. Rest in peace, our great friend!

Our Vet team has built up their capacity with professional Veterinary from US and UK

We welcomed many professional veterinaries come to help us build capacity for Vet team, give training sessions, not to mention, to give us great support in this busy time of the year.

• Angela Sutton is a veterinary technician from the US who received a grant from the Henry Vilas Zoo to provide training and education in anesthesia and analgesia for carnivores and pangolins.
• Marc Valitutto is a veterinarian from the US who has received a grant from the Smithsonian to build capacity for our vet team in diagnostic capabilities. He trained the team in biochemistry testing in the pangolins.
• Bonnie Raphael is the veterinarian from the US develops their skills in clinical diagnostics.

Education and Outreach Programs

The second wildlife education program has started

The first Nature Exploring program for Elementary students of SVW, named “Protect The Wildlife We Love”, has started on 22th Dec. 900 students of Hoa Binh Province will go on one-day nature adventure to learn, experience, value and protect wildlife as well as to help spread the message about wildlife protection to their community.

Education and Outreach Programs

Mobile Exhibition in reducing consumer demand for wildlife product

We perfected the idea of the mobile exhibition by graphics 3D and development proposal.

This month, we will complete the 3D Video overview of the mobile exhibition to start the funding campaign soon.

If you care about wildlife education and demand reduction campaign, support our project to bring this exhibition to reality soon.

Community-based Project

Decreasing forest exploitation of the forest-based community at Pu Mat National Park

We continue the discussion on the solutions for economic development and raising awareness on wildlife protection of the forest-based communities in Luc Da and Son Son communes, which are located in the buffer zone of Pu Mat National Park.

The workshops welcomed more than 100 delegates and guests from Luc Da commune and 150 people from Mon Son commune, including leaders and staff of the People’s Committee, gatekeepers, and local communities.