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Specifically, among these animals, which are mainly turtles, lizards, pangolins, monkeys, languors, nearly 50 individuals were voluntarily handed over by local people, while the remainders were seized in illegal wildlife smuggling cases.
Most recently, in late February, the Forest Protection Unit of Kon Tum city received a pig-tailed macaque belonging to endangered and rare animals voluntarily handed over by a local man after being persuaded by forest rangers.