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Update news tiger preservation
Quang Binh Province has allocated 4.5 billion VND ($190,000) to construct a secure enclosure for seven rescued Indochinese tigers at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.
Authorities are investigating the mysterious deaths of dozens of tigers at the Mango Garden tourist site in Dong Nai. The facility has conducted autopsies on the animals and is preserving their carcasses for further examination.
Even though tigers have not been recorded in the wild in Vietnam since 2000, Vietnam has issued a ban on trading wild tiger products.
The initiative also seeks to define the terms for breeding and keeping tigers for conservation purposes and to ensure proper care and welfare standards for tigers in captivity.
A rare white Bengal tiger imported from abroad has given birth to five white cubs at Mango Garden Zoo in the southern province of Dong Nai.
A collection of biopsy samples from 26 captive tigers for DNA analysis was completed at Đại Nam Zoo in the southern province of Bình Dương.