Ruben Khachatrian appointed new director of Yerevan zoo
07.04.2011,
19:16
Ruben Khachatrian, director and co-founder of the Armenian Fund for Protection of Wildlife and Culture (FPWC), has been appointed as a new director of Yerevan Zoo.
YEREVAN, April 7. / ARKA /. Ruben Khachatrian, director and co-founder of the Armenian Fund for Protection of Wildlife and Culture (FPWC), has been appointed as a new director of Yerevan Zoo, an Armenian semi-weekly 168 Zham reported today.
The newspaper says the previous director, Sahak Abovian, was sacked after a series of abuses of the law were revealed. The paper says o Ruben Khachatrian has been engaged in ecological and nature protection issues for a long time and plans to transform the zoo into a modern zoology and botanical garden.
The FPWC has developed a project called Kirch (Ravine) that calls for creation of a new zoo that will be much larger. It will have also a recreation zone. -0-
The newspaper says the previous director, Sahak Abovian, was sacked after a series of abuses of the law were revealed. The paper says o Ruben Khachatrian has been engaged in ecological and nature protection issues for a long time and plans to transform the zoo into a modern zoology and botanical garden.
The FPWC has developed a project called Kirch (Ravine) that calls for creation of a new zoo that will be much larger. It will have also a recreation zone. -0-
