Myanmar to build first butterfly park in border town

Myanmar to build first butterfly park in border town
www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-04 20:50:16

YANGON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will start building its first butterfly park in a border town in Kachin state, northernmost part of the country, next month, the local weekly Yangon Times reported Wednesday.

Similar to Singapore's, the park at Putao will have some 1,500 butterflies and insects of over 50 spices.

The butterfly park will be constructed in three phases and most of the butterflies, kept in the park, are from the Kachin State, the report said, quoting project company of Tun Foundation.

The project constitutes part of the program of building the National Wildlife Park, which lies at Putao between Mularoti and Zayar mountains, to undertake conservation work with wild animals.

Wildlife and rare animals, which take sanctuary in snow-capped region, will be kept in the park, the report added.

Meanwhile, Myanmar is planning to modify the Po-Kyar elephant sanctuary into one of the attractive tourist sites of the country to boost tourism.

Po-kyar elephant sanctuary lying at a location in Bago division, 346 kilometers north of Yangon, is accommodating 86 elephants of different ages ranging from 1 year old to 68 years' as well as various kinds of rare bird species, 100-year-old-aged tress and wild butterflies.