Hanoi, Sept. 8 -- The Con Son Station under the Conservation and International Cooperation Division of the Con Dao National Park has recently received an elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) from Radar Station 32 under Regiment 294, Division 367 of the Air Defence - Air Force, according to the park's Management Board.

The elongated tortoise, belonging to the Testudinidae family, is listed as an endangered, precious, and rare forest animal in Group IIB under Government Decree No. 84/2021/ND-CP dated September 22, 2021.

The individual, identified as a female, weighs about 1.6kg, with a carapace length of 34cm and width of 19cm. Upon receiving it, park officials conducted a thorough health check to ensure the tortoise was neither inju...