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| The two tigers detected in cage in Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province on November 6. |
"I have read the articles on VietNamNet no less than 20 times. It is too serious! As soon as the newspaper published the reports, we instructed the police and forest rangers to investigate the case," Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District, Mr. Nguyen Sy Hung said.
According to Hung, officials of both Yen Thanh district and Do Thanh commune were too surprised by the incident. He also confirmed that so far he had not heard any information about tiger breeding in the area.
"Every year we have assigned relevant agencies to closely examine the transport and breeding of wildlife. Therefore I was shocked to hear about a tiger captive ring in Do Thanh," said Hung.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Thuc, Head of Forest Protection Bureau of Yen Thanh district also expressed his surprise.
"Every week, every month we make patrols and inspection. Furthermore there are mobile police and ranger forces to manage the area. It is not easy to transport or breed tigers in captivity for a long time without being detected," Thuc said.
Also after VietNamNet published the articles on illegal tiger breeding, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development requested Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to urgently clarify the information.
The Ministry also asked the two provinces to submit the inspection results to the Ministry prior to November 10.
However, until now, the authorities of Yen Thanh district have not yet found out any captive tiger in the district.
Meanwhile, on November 6, the police of Dien Chau district, Nghe An province detected two tigers in cage at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Sang, 57, in Dien Quang commune, Dien Chau district.
However, Sang claimed that the tigers belong to Ms. Nguyen Thi The, 38, in Do Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. The brought the two tigers to Sang’s home from November 2.
Ms. The then confessed that she began breeding the two tigers from May 2011. She brought the tigers to Sang’s home to avoid being detected by Do Thanh commune authorities.
Illegal tiger farming is real
That is confirmed by the Nghe An Forest Protection Department in a report to the Nghe An authorities, to VietNamNet and relevant bodies dated November 13.
According to the report, after VietNamNet posted the series on illegal tiger farming in Yen Thanh district, the Nghe An Forest Protection Department immediately asked Yen Thanh district to combine with the department’s officials to conduct inspection in the district.
At the same time, the FPD has cooperated with the police in Nghe An province to direct the functional departments, district police, other agencies involved in the process.
2 tigers Dien Chau district police arrested in Dien Quang is a household in Thanh Commune (Yen) dispersed or even "government in the drastic"!
On October 23, Yen Thanh District set up an interdisciplinary team to investigate, verify and handle illegal tiger farming in the district.
However, the team could not find any tigers in cages in Yen Thanh. On November 1, the team and Do Thanh commune authorities received denouncement letters which accused two households in the commune to raising tigers. However, the authorities failed to find tigers at these households.
"Thus, since VietNamNet reported the illegal tiger farming in Nghe An and the local authorities have taken inspection, but they have not yet detected any case," the report said.
However, on November 6, Dien Chau district police found two tigers at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Sang, who declared that the tigers belong to a woman from Yen Thanh district.
"Through this case, it is proved that VietNamNet’s information is correct," the report said.
According to the reports, the local authorities have directed relevant agencies to continue investigation of illegal wildlife breeding.
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