Pangolin found looking for food in Ho Chi Minh City alley
Thursday, December 01, 2022, 16:01 GMT+7
A resident handed over a pangolin to competent authorities after noticing the wild animal in an alley in Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Thanh Hay, 50, who works as a neighborhood security guard in Binh Hung Hoa Ward, Binh Tan District, handed over the pangolin to the municipal Department of Forest Protection on Wednesday.
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| Nguyen Thanh Hay holds the pangolin he found in an alley in Ho Chi Minh City, November 30, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
Hay said he was patrolling along an alley early on Tuesday morning when he saw an animal looking for food in a pile of garbage.
“I initially thought it was a weasel, but it was quite slow,” Hay recalled.
“It curled up when I touched it with a stick.”
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| Competent authorities receive the pangolin in Ho Chi Minh City, November 30, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
The man then took the wild animal home and reported the case to local authorities.
Forest protection officers said the animal is a male Javan pangolin, also known as Manis javanica, weighing about three kilograms.
The species is classified as a rare and endangered forest animal.
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