The Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department on Saturday received a long-tailed monkey whose tail was amputated, which was voluntarily handed over by a resident from Binh Chanh District.

Nguyen Van Trung, a resident of Tan Nhut Commune in the district, brought the macaque to forest rangers, explaining that he had been given the animal with a severed tail in 2024.

After keeping it in captivity for about a year, Trung decided to hand over the macaque to the rangers with the hope that the animal could be returned to the wild.

“I hope it will have a better life in the wild,” said Trung.

Forest rangers from the department sedated the macaque and transferred it to a wildlife rescue station for care before releasing it back into nature.

A forest ranger said that the macaque is a male long-tailed macaque, whose scientific name is Macaca Fascicularis, weighing some 4.6 kilograms.

It is among the wild animals of Group IIB in the list of rare and endangered forest species as per Vietnamese law.

A monkey is sedated and kept in a bag before being transported to a wildlife rescue station in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre

The injury to its tail was believed to have occurred when it was younger.

Forest rangers have warned residents against keeping macaques and other wild animals as pets, as these animals can have strong natural instincts that may lead to attacks or harm to people.

There have been previous incidents in Ho Chi Minh City where monkeys attacked people or caused damage after being kept as pets and later escaping into residential areas.

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