獲救后的穿山甲重獲自由

獲救后的穿山甲重獲自由

A pangolin was set free back to the wild in a nature reserve after being rescued in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said.

當?shù)卣Q，一只穿山甲在中國西南部云南省獲救后被放歸自然保護區(qū)。

Police in Mengla County in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture rushed to the rescue after receiving a report on May 21 that a pangolin was found in a refrigerator at Guanlei Port, according to the public security bureau of natural resources in the prefecture.

5月21日，西雙版納傣族自治州勐拉縣警方接到報警稱，關雷港冰箱里發(fā)現(xiàn)穿山甲，立即趕赴現(xiàn)場救援。

The pangolin was found when workers were moving some logs in the refrigerator.

這只穿山甲是在工人們在冰箱里搬運木頭時發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

A physical check showed that the pangolin measures about 55 cm long and weighs 3.8 kg. It did not sustain any injuries.

體檢顯示，這只穿山甲長約55厘米，重3.8公斤。它沒有受到任何傷害。

It was identified as a Malayan pangolin which is under second-class state protection in China and is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

經鑒定為我國二級國家保護的馬來亞穿山甲，已被列入國際自然保護聯(lián)盟瀕危物種紅色名錄。

The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation dispatched personnel to the county to send food to the pangolin and install a field tracking monitor on it.

中國生物多樣性保護和綠色發(fā)展基金會派出工作人員前往該縣，給穿山甲運送食物，并在它身上安裝一個現(xiàn)場跟蹤監(jiān)視器。