Gaur, horse bear appeared in Thanh Hoa forest

People in the highland districts of Quan Hoa (Thanh Hoa) recently discovered many rare and precious animal species named in the Vietnam Red Book such as bulls, sun bears, horse bears, pheasants . appearing in the protected area. Hu Hu Nature Reserve.

According to the management of Pu Hu Nature Reserve Management Board and local people, many footprints, faeces of gaur, a rare endemic animal of this reserve, appeared at core zone of Pu Hu forest.

A newborn baby bear was discovered at Pu Hu reserve.(Photo: Pu Hu Nature Reserve Management Board)

On the trunk of some old trees in Pu Hu forest in Trung Ly commune (Muong Lat district), Trung Son commune, Hien Chung (Quan Hoa district), forest rangers also noted the mark of the tiger bear's claws , horse bears leave while climbing.

In addition, the Mong and Thai people in the above communes also saw dog bears and horse bears pouring down to the fields to cultivate corn of the people growing on the hill land in the buffer zone of Pu Hu reserve. Besides, during the patrol, forest rangers also recorded many chickens, chickens and chickens to go to forage in the forest. Some other wildlife species such as wild boar, deer, muntjac, and monkey are also present in this nature reserve.

Mr. Nguyen Phuong Dong, Deputy Director of Pu Hu Nature Reserve Management Board explained, the reason why many rare and wild animals appear in Pu Hu forest is because the forest security situation is kept here. Stable, stable. The exploitation of special-use forests, watershed forests, and illegal wildlife hunting has been effectively prevented for more than 10 years.