The government will burn elephant tusks and other wildlife parts worth US$1.1 million (K1.66 billion) that were seized over the past year, a senior Forest Department official said. U Win Naing Thaw, director of Nature and Wildlife Conservation at the department, said the parts will be burned at Yangon Zoo on Sunday. “Besides elephant parts, […]
Myanmar to burn seized wildlife parts at Yangon Zoo
March 6, 2019 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: bears, burn, elephants, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Myanmar, pangolins, snakes, Turtles, wildlife parts, Yangon Region’s Forest Department, Yangon Zoo
NLD looks to raise ‘ancient’ Yangon rents
April 5, 2016 by Thiha
According to MP Yan Aung of the National League for Democracy, the new government will reconsider the rental agreement with the Yangon Zoo and Kandawgyi – Mhyaw Sin Kyun Park. The Mingala Taungnyunt Township MP told the Daily Eleven that the rent was too low compared to market rates. He said that the current […]
