People of Pong Drang commune hand over rare golden mountain turtle

Earlier, on the morning of August 19, while exercising, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nam (born in 1989), a resident of Buon Ho ward, went to work on the field in village 3, Pong Drang commune and discovered a turtle crawling into the field. Suspecting that this was a rare species, Mr. Nam contacted the People's Committee of Pong Drang commune to hand it over.

People handed over the golden mountain tortoise to the leaders of Pong Drang commune and the Ea H'leo Regional Forest Protection Department.

After receiving the animal, the Pong Drang Commune authorities handed it over to the Ea H'leo Regional Forest Protection Department. After inspection, the Ea H'leo Regional Forest Protection Department determined that it was a golden mountain tortoise with the scientific name Indotestudo elongata, belonging to group IIB, the list of endangered and rare forest plants and animals.

Ea H'leo Regional Forest Protection Department has completed the required procedures to care for, monitor, and monitor the health of the golden mountain tortoise before releasing it. about the natural environment

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/thoi-su/202508/nguoi-dan-xa-pong-drang-giao-nop-rua-nui-vang-quy-hiem-add041d/