获救后的穿山甲重获自由

获救后的穿山甲重获自由

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.

当地政府称，一只穿山甲在中国西南部云南省获救后被放归自然保护区。

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，西双版纳傣族自治州勐拉县警方接到报警称，关雷港冰箱里发现穿山甲，立即赶赴现场救援。

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

这只穿山甲是在工人们在冰箱里搬运木头时发现的。

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

体检显示，这只穿山甲长约55厘米，重3.8公斤。它没有受到任何伤害。

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.

经鉴定为我国二级国家保护的马来亚穿山甲，已被列入国际自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录。

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.

中国生物多样性保护和绿色发展基金会派出工作人员前往该县，给穿山甲运送食物，并在它身上安装一个现场跟踪监视器。