Tres pandas pelirrojos fueron salvados del tráfico de animales (fotos)

Tres pandas pelirrojos fueron salvados del tráfico de animales (fotos)

This picture taken on May 8, 2018 shows one of the three red pandas, once destined for the exotic wildlife trade, in a sanctuary in Luang Prabang. The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over the border into northern Laos in January. / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman / TO GO WITH AFP STORY - Laos-environment-wildlife-panda
Uno de los tres pandas pelirrojos salvados del tráfico animal / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman 

 

Encontrados apeñuscados en cajas en la parte trasera de una camioneta durante un control fronterizo, tres pandas pelirrojos están ahora instalados en un santuario para animales en Laos, luego de que recuperaron su salud tras muchos esfuerzos.

Seis pandas pelirrojos fueron hallados en esta camioneta cuando llegaban de China, deshidratados, hambrientos y en tan mal estado que tres murieron poco después de su llegada al santuario.





Los tres sobrevivientes, llamados Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee y Paz, seguirán un tiempo en el refugio administrado por la asociación Free the Bears en las colinas cercanas a la turística ciudad de Luang Prabang, antes de decidir que se hace con ellos.

“Comen bien, están relajados”, dijo Sengaloun Vongsay, responsable del programa de Free the Bears en Laos.

Es la primera vez que pandas pelirrojos, buscados como animales de compañía por su bello pelambre, son descubiertos en Laos, un centro del tráfico de animales por su situación entre Tailandia, Camboya, Vietnam y China.

Además del comercio ilegal de animales, los pandas pelirrojos también están amenazados por la disminución de su hábitat natural en Nepal, Bután, India, China y Birmania.

por Joe Freeman/AFP

 

This picture taken on May 8, 2018 shows one of the three red pandas, once destined for the exotic wildlife trade, in a sanctuary in Luang Prabang. The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over the border into northern Laos in January. / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman / TO GO WITH AFP STORY - Laos-environment-wildlife-panda
 / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman /
This picture taken on May 8, 2018 shows one of the three red pandas, once destined for the exotic wildlife trade, in a sanctuary in Luang Prabang. The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over the border into northern Laos in January. / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman / TO GO WITH AFP STORY - Laos-environment-wildlife-panda
/ AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman /
This picture taken on May 8, 2018 shows one of the three red pandas, once destined for the exotic wildlife trade, in a sanctuary in Luang Prabang. The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over the border into northern Laos in January. / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman / TO GO WITH AFP STORY - Laos-environment-wildlife-panda
 / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman /
This picture taken on May 8, 2018 shows one of the three red pandas, once destined for the exotic wildlife trade, in a sanctuary in Luang Prabang. The three animals, nicknamed Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Peace, were among six found stuffed into crates during a random check of a van traveling from China over the border into northern Laos in January. / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman / TO GO WITH AFP STORY - Laos-environment-wildlife-panda
 / AFP PHOTO / Joe Freeman