VOV.VN - Tram Chim National Park is preparing to receive six more juvenile Sarus cranes (Antigone antigone) from Thailand under Dong Thap province’s crane conservation programme.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has said it is going to receive the first six red-crowned cranes from Thailand to Vietnam, as part of efforts to restore and develop the species through captive breeding and reintroduction into the wild.

Four red-crowned cranes were spotted at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 7, the forest’s management board has reported.

VOV.VN - Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been a habitat for red-crowned cranes, an endangered bird species listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species.

More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province and the Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province after a year of absence.