Vietnam replaces park director who tried to take over moon bear sanctuary
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
HANOI––Longtime Tam Dao National Park director Do Dinh Tien on April 30, 2013 lost his job, after losing a two-year effort to evict the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre from park property and redevelop the site as a “bear rescue and breeding center” open to the public, adjacent to a hotel and other tourist accommodations and attractions. The facilities were to be developed by the Truong Giang Tam Dao Joint Stock Company, which listed Do Dinh Tien’s daughter Do Thi Ngan as one of four investors. The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development on May 1, 2013 named former Tam Dao National Park deputy director Ha Cong Khai to succeed Do Dinh Tien, reported An Dien of Thanh Nien News. Read more