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(VietNamNet Bridge)-While the entire country is busy to prepare for Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary, the ancient turtle in Hoan Kiem Lake, the country’s spiritual symbol, is living with fish-hooks and many wounds.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Phuoc Binh National Park (PBNP) in Ninh Thuan Province plans to seek healthy cows to become the “girlfriends” of a wild black bull that has recently harassed residential areas.

(Dantri)-Rascals cut tails of two elephants, which are serving at the Prenn Waterfall Tourist Area in the Highland city of Dalat on August 31.

(AFP)-China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported Monday.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Forest protection forces of the Central Highland province of Lam Dong and experts of the World Conservation Society (WCS) made a sudden raid on many restaurants in Da Lat city on August 26.

(VNS)-The General Department of Aquaculture will work with the General Department of Customs to enforce a ban on the import of the red-eared slider, a turtle that is considered an invasive species and harmful to local ecosystems.

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(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to ban the importing, breeding, and releasing of red-eared turtles into rivers, said Deputy Minister Vu Van Tam.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-After the disastrous introduction of yellow edible snails and red-eared turtles, fishermen in the southern province of Soc Trang are worrying about red swamp crawfish, which have been recently imported from the US.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-More and more red-eared sliders are turning up in a lake in Lam Vien Tourist Park in An Giang province where they are released by pilgrims visiting a renowned local pagoda.