Red Book Porcupine Wondering Around Taraz City (Video)

ASTANA – The endangered porcupine was noticed and captured on video by citizens of Taraz, a city in southern Kazakhstan, reported Zakon.kz.

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According to people who noticed the porcupine, the animal was walking in the railway station area at the intersection of Baizak Batyr and Zheltoksan streets at 4 a.m. 

Porcupine is listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan as a rare and endangered species.


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