A family in Gia Lai handed a Sunda pangolin to rangers
Tran Thi Tu's household found the 2.2-kilogram animal in a coconut garden before dawn on November 2 and called authorities. The report stops at the handover. It does not say the pangolin has been released.
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A household in Phuoc Hoi village handed a Sunda pangolin to local authorities after finding it in the family coconut garden. DTiNews reported the handover on November 4, 2026. Tran Thi Tu's family discovered the animal around 2 a.m. on November 2. They recognized it as a protected wild animal and asked for it to be collected. On November 3 the people's committee of An Hao commune, with forest rangers and local police, received it and completed the paperwork.
The pangolin, Manis javanica, weighed about 2.2 kilograms and is listed in Vietnam's group IB, the strictest category for endangered forest species. DTiNews said the animal showed signs of stress at the handover. The article describes the family's call and the official receipt. It does not say where the pangolin was taken next, or whether it will be released. The news is this one voluntary handover.
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