Animal keeping is not a regular job in Vietnam. For many people in Vietnam, this honorable job was seen as a “low-class” job. People think that animal keepers just purely clean poo of animals and feed them. The truth is, this job is much more than that.
On September 18th, EPRC organized a necropsy workshop for veterinarian staffs of several rescue centers, including:
Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center (Trung Tâm Bảo Tồn Rùa Cúc Phương), Wildlife Rescue Center in Soc Son (Hanoi), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and EPRC.
In this workshop, we were honored to have attentive guidance from Dr. Dee. McAloose – Head of Pathology at the WCS/Bronx Zoo New York City and Dr. Bonnie Raphael – retired experienced Veterinarian of WCS. The workshop lasted for 3 full days and packed with practical knowledge related to necropsy on wildlife animals.
Oh hi there! Sorry for the shocking content This is an sexual organ of a male Grey-Shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix cinerea) in its “peak”. In EPRC, we usually joke that his clock likes to indicate at exact 12 o’clock.
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It is interesting that douc langurs do not only have their sexual organs erected because of mating desire. Like this photo, it was taken when we started grouping 3 grey-shanked douc langurs and the male was pretty excited (non-sexually because he hadn’t seen the females at that time yet). They also “enlarge” their p*nis in front of an enemy because they want to appear bigger in order to scare away the enemy.
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Instead, feel honored because you have a chance to see such a beautiful anatomy 
And Dr. Bonnie Raphael does not only stay at EPRC for 1 day, 1 week, but 3 MONTHS! She is a highly recognizable veterinarian with 20 years of experience with taking care of animals in WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). Despite her retirement last year, Bonnie came back to EPRC to care for the health of primates at our center. Our deepest appreciation goes to you, a kind and warm-hearted woman Bonnie Raphael.
Since the day she arrived in the middle of August, she has been working tirelessly with some operations on primates at EPRC. Below are some photos from a surgery for Noisy Chi – the Indochinese Grey Langur who had a tumor on her tail.
Stick insects are favorite food of lorises. In this short video, you will have a chance to see 2 twin pygmy lorises sharing a single insect. Their names are Flip and Flop who were confiscated and hand-reared in EPRC.
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It is truly a magic of nature when you see the orange heads of baby langurs popping out from their mothers’ black arms (in case of Hatinh langurs). All of these 5 infants were born at EPRC and now are grown-ups, healthy and strong – waiting for their possible release days in the future. The baby langurs may look alike, but if you look more closely, you will spot out some slight differences.
Some weeks ago, we observed a strange scene right in EPRC. CP, the Delacour’s Langur found a toad and held it for straight 2 days. She didn’t harm the toad at all, instead, was embracing it and took care of it well.
We have never seen this before, but assume that CP might be pregnant and she was preparing for her upcoming baby. However, until now, no baby has been delivered. We will keep waiting and updating for you all
Sometimes with a quick look on photos or on a quick tour, you cannot know exactly what the differences between Bengal slow loris (or Northern slow loris) and Pygmy loris are. Today EPRC will help you to become an amateur expert on these lovely animals
