Kaptai National Park
Endangered Lojjaboti monkey rescued in Rangamati, released in Kaptai National Park
An endangered Lojjaboti monkey (Bengal slow loris), which was rescued from an abandoned area adjacent to Bhedbhedi Ansar camp in Rangamati sadar upazila on Monday night, has been released in Kaptai National Park.
Ansar members found the Lojjaboti monkey around 6 pm and informed the matter to the local forest office.
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Later, the authorities concerned of Chattogram Forest Division (South), rescued the monkey and released it in Kaptai National Park, said Saleh Md Shoaib Khan, Divisional Forest Officer of Chattogram Forest Division.
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The specie of money cannot see in the daylight and moves in the night, he said.
With this, a total of three Lojjaboti monkey have been released in Kaptai National Park this year.
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Python released in Kaptai National Park
A 15-foot python was released in Kaptai National Park after being caught by local people when it entered the locality at Chandraghona in Kaptai upazila in Rangamati early Wednesday.
Taranmani Tanchangya, a resident of the area, spotted the python in the forest of the Sericulture Research Center area in Chandraghona Union and put it in a sack tactfully and informed the Forest Department.
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Later, Tanjilur Rahman, Kaptai Range Officer of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department, released the python in Kaptai National Park under the Forest Department.
He also said that the python weighing 20-25 kg is doing well.
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Kaptai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muntasir Jahan and Assistant Forest Conservator (ACF) Ganga Prasad Chakma of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department were present.
This python might have entered the locality in search of food at night, said Tanjilur Rahman.
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