Night Safari Now Has A New Keeper

[george]

Night Safari now has a new keeper

CHIANG MAI: -- The director of Chiang Mai Night Safari finally accepted the order from the government that the safari must be governed by the Zoological Park Organisa-tion, while members of Paki Khon Hug Chiang Mai said the move would put an end to the many mistakes the Night Safari management had made.

According to the Cabinet, the Zoological Park Organisation was to take control of the operations of the Chiang Mai Night Safari on January 22. The order will see the Special Zones Development Organisation for Sustainable Tourism, which now governs the safari, transfer power to the Zoological Organisation of Thailand and establish a company in which the government is the sole shareholder.

The Zoological Park Organisation is part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and will therefore put most of its emphasis on the care of animals.

The Director of the Night Safari, Upatharn Bhava-Phutanont Na Mahasarakham, said that he and the safari's employees would accept the order, although they were not in full agreement with the decision, and would respond to the new plan in the near future.

Before the order was launched, about 200 staff at the Night Safari demonstrated on January 20 in front of Chiang Mai City Hall against the Cabinet's decision. The protesters believe that the objectives of the Zoological Organisation run counter to those of the Night Safari and therefore limit marketing opportunities. They also say the transfer of employees without their agreement is in breach of their human rights as stated in Article 26 of the Constitution. If their protests are not taken seriously, they will organise further demonstrations and may also submit their resignations, they say.

Nikhom Puttha, a member of Paki Khon Hug Chiang Mai Organisation, said the Zoological Park Organisation could take better care of the animals in the safari than officials.

-- Citylife/The Nation 2008-02-02

[Rinrada]

So hopefully no more duel pricing...or tiger hamburgers with do-do bird relish........amazing but ...

[Donnyboy]

So hopefully no more duel pricing...or tiger hamburgers with do-do bird relish........amazing but ...

and no more breakouts -prison break

[Rinrada]

Read somewhere that a couple of Tigers somehow got loose about 10 plus years ago and were last spotted (Mkj.ai)in the Mae Takrai National Park.....which has a remote boundary onto our land......should I mention it to wifee....mean thinks maybe.... NO.......heard some verrrry strange noises during the night on last visit...but put it down tae the wind in the trees...of course......wonder.....