Cuc Phuong National Park - second home of over 2,500 wild animals

The Cuc Phuong National Park is one of the first units nationwide to implement various wildlife rescue and conservation programmes, including those for rare and endangered primate species, small carnivores and pangolins, freshwater turtles and some other wild animals.

Cuc Phuong is now caring for 2,737 wild animals belong to 78 different species. Of which 55 are pangolins and small carnivores; 2,111 are tortoises and freshwater turtles; 167 rare primates and 405 monkey, deer, peacocks and silver pheasants.

They had been captivated, poached or illegal smuggled and fortunately  were rescued and brought to the Cuc Phuong National Park for care and treatment.

Here, domestic and international volunteers and veterinarian have cared for, treated and helped them habituate to habits of wildlife before releasing back to the nature.

The park has successful run breeding programmes for different species, such as endangered primates, tortoises and civets.

In particular, ten Owston's palm civets were born at the Cuc Phuong National Park under a captive breeding programme jointly implemented by the park and Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) in June 2024.

This was the biggest success so far in the captive breeding of the endangered animal, expected to help revive its population in the nature.

In addition, the Cuc Phuong National Park is home to different species recorded in the "Vietnam Red Book" and the "IUCN Red Book" such as Red-shanked douc langur, coolie, Arctictis binturong, otters, rare species of turtles, and hornbills.

Cuc Phuong has released thousands of wild animals back to nature. This is the endless effort of the national park in doing its mission of rescuing and protecting wild animals.

Translated by Nguyen Thuy