Wild tiger in Vietnam has less than 50 individuals

According to Associate Professor and Doctor Le Xuan Canh, Director of the Institute of Ecology and Wildlife Resources in Vietnam has been rapidly declining, from more than 100 individuals about 10 years ago, this has not yet come. 50 individuals.

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Speaking at the evaluation of the project, a project to survey and assess wild tiger species in captivity in Vietnam was organized by the Forest Protection Department - General Department of Forestry (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development). On December 29 in Hanoi, Associate Professor - Dr. Le Xuan Canh said that the cause of this situation was due to the illegal hunting of wild animals, deforestation for cultivation, land for cultivation and development. infrastructure . causes loss of habitat for tigers and prey.

According to the report of the project, the distribution area of ​​wild tigers in Vietnam now includes 6 provinces (total area of ​​9,266km ² ). Scientists surveyed in 6 protected areas and national parks: Muong Nhe (Dien Bien), Pu Mat (Nghe An), Vu Quang (Ha Tinh), Chu Mom Ray (Kon Tum) and Song Thanh (Quang Nam), Yok Don (Dak Lak) and discovered traces of about 27 to 47 wild tigers.

In Muong Nhe, scientists discovered 2-5 individuals; Pu Mat from 5-10 individuals; Vu Quang from 5-7 individuals; Thanh River (the area bordering Vietnam - Laos border) 10-20 individuals; Chu Mom Ray from 3-5 individuals. Yok Don National Park, as of June 2011, has not recorded any information about tiger traces here.

The status of tiger captivity in Vietnam is also mentioned by scientists in this project. Accordingly, 74 tiger individuals, of which 26 individual tigers are kept in captivity for sight-seeing, display, sightseeing, business at 6 farms in 4 provinces and cities including Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City. Most of these tigers are raised by small, unknown origins.

The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources sent 38/40 samples of collected genes from these captive tigers and sent them to foreign countries for testing. From these, there are 7 individuals of Amua tigers, 25 Indochinese tigers and 4 Indian tigers.

At the meeting, the scientists also proposed to the authorities the solutions to preserve tigers, as creating a legal basis for the conservation of wildlife, especially the animals named in Red List; electronic chips for wild tiger individuals; setting up proposed tiger protection zones in 4 protected areas and national parks with tiger populations of 10 or more individuals; strengthen research on tiger biology and ecology to avoid inbreeding and reduce the quality of breeds and plan tiger conservation action until 2020.