The gaur carcass found at the Ma Da Forest in Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve. Conservationists estimate there are around 500 wild gaurs left in Vietnam, 300 of them in the more than 100,000-hectare (247,100-acre) Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve. Photo: Le Lam/Thanh NienPolice in Dong Nai Province Thursday recommended charges against two more people, the father and brother of a man arrested earlier for allegedly killing an endangered gaur, the world’s largest bovine, in a protected area in February. Son’s eldest son Le Nguyen Anh Hung, 21, Pham Thanh Liem, 16, and Le Minh Tien, 32, were arrested in March for shooting down a two-year old gaur (Bos gaurus) in the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve. Le Thanh Son, 43, and Le Nguyen Anh Yen, 17, will be charged with illegally possessing guns.

Source: Thanhnien News July 15, 2016 04:52 UTC