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July 26, 2022• News

Two more Slow loris were rescued

Last weekend: 2 more Slow lorises were rescued 🙊
After receiving a call from the Lang Son Forest ranger and knowing that two Slow lorises are in urgent need of our help, we quickly set off. Overcoming the 300km journey. Two lorises arrived at the EPRC.

One of them is a male Pygmy loris, he was found in good health and showed no signs of injury. While the other – a Bengal loris has lost his fur patch on the head, diagnosed that he was malnutrition and too much stress. He will then need a long time of good care to recover, before he can go back to the wild.

Thanks to the help of Lang Son rangers, two lorises were found before too late.

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July 21, 2022• News

July 17, 2022. A Loris was rescued and voluntarily transferred

Kindness to wild animals

Recently, on July 17, 2022, we received 01 Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) from Mr. Tran Dinh Thuy, residing in Y Yen district, Nam Dinh province.

Mr. Thuy and his rescued Loris

According to Mr. Thuy, in the morning his neighbor was picking longan in his garden, he discovered a strange animal clinging to the longan tree. He curiously tried to take the animal down to observe but unfortunately got bitten. Through research on internet, he learned that this is a Loris, a venomous animal, he quickly went to the hospital to be checked, fortunately the bite was not serious and he returned home after then.

Mr. Thuy, after knowing immediately brought the ill-fated Loris to our center to hand over. It was then around 8pm.

 

Thuy shared: “After researching information on internet and learned our that Lorises is endangered wild animal, the first thing I thought of was NOT to let it dies. It must live to be able to go back to the forest I found information about the Primate Rescue Center through a friend, and so I decided to quickly bring the Loris to the Rescue center so he can be treated well.”

Photo: The loris in Thuy's chicken cage

We are really grateful that Thuy did not mind the long way to bring the Loris to the EPRC. Although the animal was not injured, but he is so weak and skinny. 

It is known that the area where Thuy’s family lives is a densely populated area, near by the main road and quite far from the forest. Therefore, it is very likely that this individual was dropped on the way by someone, it then climbed up the longan tree at Thuy’s neighbor.

Currently, we are taking good care and monitoring the health of this Loris at our quarantine area. We will try to help him fully recover as quickly as possible to be then back into the wild.

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June 1, 2022• News

01 June 2022, Megavet Company donated an Animal Anesthesia Equipment to us

 Megavet Veterinary Equipment Company donated an Animal Anesthesia equipment to us.

This is such a very meaningful gift and it will be a great help to our veterinarians in caring and curing for the animals at the center.

The staff and primates of EPRC thank you very much for your help.

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May 3, 2022• News

2 Pygmy slow loris were rescued, one could not survive

01 May 2022 – Two Pygmy slow loris were rescued, one could not survive

Last week, we received 2 rescued Pygmy Lorises from Lang Son and Hai Phong provinces. Unfortunately, one of them did not survive.
 
Former owner starved him for days. Until being rescued by the police, he was already in very poor health condition. 12 hours after returning to EPRC, poor Loris passed away.
 
 
The other Loris was rescued from Lang Son province, she was lucky to be rescued earlier. Now she is in quite good health. We will monitor further and may soon plan for release her into the National Park.
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April 28, 2022• News

Male Red-shanked douc Langur was handed over after long time of being kept illegally

27/ 04/ 2022 – The Male Red-shanked douc Langur was handed over after long time of being kept illegally. Langur & rice?

After receiving news from Vu Quang National Park ranger our staff departed at 3 am. The rescued animal is a Red-shanked Douc langur. He was kept by local man for a long time. Until the man learned that this was illegal, he finally handed over to the Vu Quang National Park.
 
According to his narration, most of the time he fed the Douc langur with rice, rice crackers and some lettuce.
After receiving the Douc langur from Vu Quang Rangers, 6 hours on the road, then we are finally brought him back to EPRC safely. Initially observed, he is very skinny and showed signs of malnutrition for a long time.
 
We are currently monitoring and taking extra care. The first step is to giving him a suitable diet to gradually restore his health.
We will do our best to help him soon recover.
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March 1, 2022• News

Welcome new director of the EPRC

We are pleased to introduce Mr. Radoslaw Ratajszcak has come to Vietnam and become the co-director of EPRC We are pleased to introduce Mr. Radoslaw Ratajszcak has come to Vietnam and become the co-director of EPRC, the official representative of Leipzig Zoo in Vietnam since March 1, 2022 (together with the director, Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, representative of Cuc Phuong National Park).

Radoslaw served as the Chairman of Wroclaw Zoo in Poland for 15 years and he led the Wroclaw Zoo to many remarkable achievements. Wroclaw Zoo has also been sponsoring many projects related to wildlife conservation around the world.
Radoslaw first came to Vietnam in 1987, since then, he has traveled to Vietnam regularly and has participated in many projects in the country. One of them is the Sao La Conservation Project in the Truong Son mountain range.
“Radoslaw Ratajszczak shared: Vietnam has always left me with a lot of impressions and I finds a lot of great memories. I especially loves the nature and people here. So during this time returning, I hope to contribute more to the work of Vietnam’s Wildlife Conservation especially towards building a better future for Vietnam’s primates.”

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January 4, 2022• News

JOB OPPORTUNITY: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

The Endangered Primate Rescue Center (Zoo Leipzig) is looking for a highly motivated Administrative Officer to join our team of dedicated primate conservationists.

The administrative officer supports the project director and the senior management in all administrational fields, especially regarding office management, human resources and related administrative tasks. The administrative officer is requested to do translation tasks if needed.

The administrative officer reports to the project director.

The role is based at the EPRC at Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province and is full time.

Requirements:

    • Degree in office management or other related fields or equivalent experiences
    • At least 3 years of experience
    • Fluency in Vietnamese and English
    • Working experience in NGOs or projects would be an advantage
    • Willing to live and work in a remote environment at Cuc Phuong National Park
    • Commitment for longer time/ many years

Conditions:

    • An adequate salary and benefit package will be provided.
    • Working 40 hours per week, mainly from office at EPRC, sometimes short trips for work issues
    • Probation period of 3 months.

Starting Date: as soon as possible

Please apply via email to application@eprc.asia, including a cover letter, CV and your salary expectations. (Application both English and Vietnamese. Interview will be in English.)

Suitable applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

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January 4, 2022• News

JOB OPPORTUNITY: ACCOUNTANT

ACCOUNTANT

The Endangered Primate Rescue Center (Zoo Leipzig) is looking for a highly motivated Accountant to join our team of dedicated primate conservationists.

The accountant works in close collaboration with the Representative of Zoo Leipzig in Vietnam and is responsible for the accounting and financial management of Zoo Leipzig’s project funds. The accountant provides regular financial reports to Zoo Leipzig, to the Co-director of the project, as well as to the relevant government partners. The accountant reports to the project director.

The role is based at the EPRC at Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province and is full time.

Requirements:

    • Degree in accounting, familiarity with Vietnamese laws and requirements for financial management and reporting
    • At least 3 years of experience
    • Fluency in Vietnamese and English
    • Knowledge of MISA SME software, in addition QuickBooks software
    • Experience as Accountant in NGOs or projects would be an advantage
    • Willing to live and work in a remote environment at Cuc Phuong National Park for longer time / many years.

Conditions:

    • An adequate salary and benefit package will be provided.
    • Working 40 hours per week, mainly from office at EPRC, sometimes short trips for money transfer and other work issues
    • Probation period of 3 months.

Starting Date: as soon as possible

 

Please apply via email to application@eprc.asia, including a cover letter, CV and your salary expectations. (Application both English and Vietnamese. Interview will be in English.)

 

Suitable applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only short-listed applicants will be notified.

 

 

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November 18, 2021• News

4 animals were rescued in one night

Last night November 16th, we made 2 rescue trips 4 rescued animals have safely arrived to EPRC and now in monitoring & recovery phrases

Featured in this rescue, it is the story of mother and baby Indochinese Gray Langurs in poor health health condition were found by Mr. Trinh Duc Manh, a local villager who living in the mountainous district of Lang Chanh, Thanh Hoa province. Manh then actively reported to the rangers to rescue.
Thank you Mr.Manh, If they could not meet you, perhaps the two Gray Langurs would have had an unfortunate end.

At the same night, 400 km to the north, polices and forest rangers at 2 provinces of Lang Son and Bac Giang have confiscated 2 Slow Loris individuals and contact to EPRC for rescue.

After finished a total distance of 1000 km, Currently, all 4 individuals are being cared for at the EPRC quarantine area. We will try our best to help them quickly recover to good health.

Please stay tuned for more updates, Thank you!

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August 15, 2021• News

14 days quarantine

win the pandemic
Today is the 4th day we have not been home. All staff at EPRC have received 1st dose of the covid-19 vaccine. Because we had to move to another area for vaccination, to ensure local safety, we all stayed in concentrated isolation at Cuc Phuong National Park.

Thank you to Cuc Phuong National Park for helping us with the vaccination campaign and arranging the ideal isolation site. We were able to maintain the care for 170 primates, and at the same time have a beautiful place to live for 14 days.

Here, we are one big EPRC family.
We wish you and your families safety, and wish Vietnam and the world to soon win the pandemic.
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