<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><i>Dear friends,</i></b></font></span><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><strong style="line-height:18px">Right now,</strong><span style="line-height:18px"> Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is preparing a report on the eviction for the Prime Minister who will decide the fate of our sanctuary. </span><br style="line-height:18px">
<font color="#990000"><br style="line-height:18px"><strong style="line-height:18px">YOUR VOICE COUNTS.</strong><span style="line-height:18px"> </span></font><br style="line-height:18px"><br style="line-height:18px"><span style="line-height:18px">We have an opportunity to convince the ministry that </span><strong style="line-height:18px">evicting Animals Asia’s sanctuary and its 104 bears is unjust and wrong at every level. </strong><span style="line-height:18px"></span><br style="line-height:18px">
<br style="line-height:18px"><span style="line-height:18px">We’re told that they plan to submit their report on 26 October. That gives us very little time to make our case.</span></font></span><p style="line-height:18px">
</p><p style="line-height:18px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><strong>Please send an URGENT email</strong> pointing out why the eviction must stop. (We have prepared one for you.) </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">To: <a href="mailto:bnn@mard.gov.vn">bnn@mard.gov.vn</a>;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Subject: Stop the
eviction of the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Sirs,</span><span style="font-size:14pt">
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I write to express my
concern that Animals Asia’s world-class bear sanctuary is to be evicted from
Tam Dao National Park by the Ministry of Defence.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To close down the only
bear-dedicated rescue centre in Vietnam, would send a signal to the
international community that Vietnam is not serious about ending bear bile
farming and rehabilitating the bears that have suffered.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Vietnam Bear Rescue
Centre should be the pride of Vietnam, and a sign of the prestige of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please advise the prime
minister to overturn the decision to evict the bear rescue centre and honour
your agreement.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Yours sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:14pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Thank you and best regards,</font></i></p></div>-- <br><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#888888"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap" cols="72">
<font face="courier new, monospace">Trinh Thuy. Phan M.A.
Communications Officer Vietnam
Animals Asia Foundation
Tel: (+84-4) 392 89264
Mob: (+84) 914502998
<a href="http://www.animalsasia.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.animalsasia.org</a></font></pre></font></span><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#666666" face="Arial" size="3"><font color="#990000"><b>Animals Asia's Vietnam Bear Rescue
Centre faces eviction.</b><b><br>
</b><b>You can help by e-mailing the Prime Minister:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.animalsasia.org/StopTheEviction" target="_blank">http://www.animalsasia.org/StopTheEviction</a></b></font></font></div><br>
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<b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Animals Asia's Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre faces eviction.</b><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</b><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">You can help by e-mailing Vietnam's Prime Minister:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.animalsasia.org/StopTheEviction" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.animalsasia.org/<WBR>StopTheEviction</a></b><font color="#666666" face="Arial" size="3"><font color="#990000"><b><a href="http://www.animalsasia.org/StopTheEviction" target="_blank"></a></b></font></font>