Images of two bears in Mr. C's captive household were collected by ENV when verifying information.

Reaction delay

Recently, ENV has received information that some households in Quynh Yen commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province have engaged in illegal bear farming (capturing bear bears without proof of identity). legal origin and not registered with state management agencies or attached chips as prescribed by law). ENV directly verified the information, as well as compared it with the list of bear farms in Quynh Luu district of Quynh Luu district FPD in order to provide evidence that at least one household of Mr. C is present. (Hamlet 5, Quynh Yen commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province) is raising 05 individuals of illegal bears in the area, including two individuals of cubs.

Immediately, on September 18, 2018, ENV faxed URGENT Letter No. 623/2018 / ENV to Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee as well as sent to Police Department of Environmental Crime Prevention - Public. police in Nghe An province (PC49 Nghe An) to propose a plan to handle the case. On September 19, 2018, ENV leaders also directly met and transferred all infringing information and images (names of illegally locked-up farmers; specific addresses; relationships with captive households with other permits; videos and other documents, images proving violations) to the leaders of People's Committee and PC49 Nghe An and Provincial Forest Protection Department. Unfortunately, on September 27, 2018, when contacting PC49 Nghe An to update the results of inspection and handling of violations, ENV learned that this unit only conducted inspections at two legal bear captive facilities. (registered with authorities) in Quynh Yen commune. However, the two facilities tested were NOT the locations provided by ENV.

Therefore, on September 28, 2018, ENV once again worked directly with the leaders of PC49 Nghe An to transfer information and recommend immediately checking. On the morning of September 29, 2018, 10 days after the initial source, PC49 Nghe An, Nghe An Forest Protection Department and Quynh Yen Commune Police representative checked the location provided by ENV but “not detected. see signs of law violation ”at the establishment.

Bear cages turn chicken cages - nothing out of the ordinary or the "ridiculous" farming paradigm shift

As mentioned above, the test results at Mr. C.'s house only show that he has 2 chickens (each in a bear barn), 4 deer and a few dogs.

Thinking, with skills and professional skills of the authorities, the verification of information is not difficult. The inspectors were able to look out for unusual questions like:
(1) the image of the head of the household coincides with the image of the bear feeding person in the video provided by ENV to PC49 Nghe An on September 19, 2018;
(2) cages (vacant or chicken rearing) here match the shape and size of bear cages (with bears) in the video provided by ENV to PC49 Nghe An on September 19, 2018;
(3) Mr. C.'s family has stag deer right next to the "chicken coop" area. Meanwhile, this is a common forest animal that when kept close to registration and or notified to local authorities / local ranger. In the process of rearing activities, the authorities must also regularly check and monitor these facilities to ensure that they comply with the law on wildlife protection. Leaving an illegal bear household right next to the deer breeding area but not being spotted by the authorities during periodic inspections shows many suspicious signs of major liability. local rights in wildlife management and protection;

Determined "half-hearted"!

When the authorities checked the bear barn turned into a chicken coop - Photo shared by Nghe An Forest Protection Department with EVN.

ENV found that the inspection and no longer detecting captive bears in the said household is an inevitable result due to the lack of determination to handle the case, delays in action and the possibility of information leakage from the households themselves. functional agencies allow the object to take action, conceal violations.

“Verifying and providing accurate information to the authorities to thoroughly handle wildlife violations takes a lot of time, effort and even in some cases can be dangerous. insurance to individuals and organizations that are not law enforcement agencies like ENV. Therefore, we are very disappointed by the results of the "procedural" examination of the local authorities in Nghe An. We will never succeed if we are only "half-hearted" in our work to eliminate crimes about wildlife, "said Nguyen Phuong Dung, ENV Deputy Director.

This is not the first time that PC49 Nghe An has not been able to successfully handle cases of wildlife violations in the area. At the end of 2015 and early 2016, ENV also transferred information to PC49 Nghe An in the case of 05 tigers illegally trapped (with full information, address of violators as well as behavioral videos. breach) also in Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province and received similar results from this agency.

Ms. Bui Thi Ha, Deputy Director of ENV said: “ENV hopes that the authorities who receive the infringing information with high accuracy will resolutely resolve these cases to ensure the strictness. of the law as well as build trust in the community. The continuous delay and abandonment of crimes by authorities in Nghe An province have become the reason that many violators claim that they are "standing above the law" and may blatantly violate the law. about protecting wildlife without fear of punishment. ”

ENV called on the authorities of Nghe An province to continue to investigate and clarify the violations in Mr. Can's family based on the announced and collected evidence as well as profound experience. high determination in handling violations of wildlife in the area.