Efforts to save binturong fail, finally
The badly injured binturong, captured at Brahmangaon village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on January 2, died on the way to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur on Tuesday night.
"As the binturong did not show any sign of improvement after one week of treatment at Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar, we referred it to Gazipur safari park for better treatment. But it died on the way to the park on Tuesday night," said Tabibur Rahman, assistant conservator of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Department, Moulvibazar.
The binturong had brain haemorrhage and heart attack, said Dr Md Nizamuddin Chowdhury, assistant veterinary surgeon of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park.
Forest officials buried it in the park area, he said.
"There were serious injuries on the head and neck of the binturong when it was rescued. It could not move properly and our weeklong treatment here failed to improve its condition," said Swapon Deb Sajal, director of Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation.
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