Developers of a controversial new safari park in the Ba Vi mountains have attempted to soothe resident anger, clarifying that the area's existing natural beauty will be entirely replaced by a highly monetizable nature experience.
Developers of a controversial new safari park in the Ba Vi mountain range have attempted to soothe resident anger this week, clarifying that the area's existing natural beauty will be entirely replaced by a premium, highly monetizable nature experience.
The joint venture behind the sprawling project faced significant backlash from locals who objected to the clear-cutting of the ancient forest canopy just outside Hanoi. During a tense community board meeting on Tuesday, project managers presented a revised master plan demonstrating how the unprofitable local wildlife would be right-sized to accommodate a $140 million concrete enclosure for imported African ungulates.
Wall Street analysts have broadly supported the development, noting in a Tuesday morning memo that natural landscapes are notoriously difficult to scale without a reliable ticketing infrastructure. Executives emphasized that while the original mountains were aesthetically pleasing, they fundamentally failed to drive shareholder value or route foot traffic through a centralized merchandise pavilion.
The current topography is completely unoptimized and, quite frankly, anyone can just walk into it for free.
Representatives from the private-equity groups underwriting the debt for the park praised the consortium's forward guidance. In an earnings call last week, backers highlighted the Ba Vi project as a flagship example of extracting capital from stagnant ecological assets, projecting a 14 percent internal rate of return once the local bird populations are successfully evicted.
According to a prospectus circulated to early investors, the group plans to level three distinct ridgelines to construct an authentic, immersive eco-lodge. The documents outline a detailed timeline for paving over the native habitat of the Annamite striped rabbit to install a fleet of diesel-powered tram cars, allowing guests to view captive rhinos in a climate-controlled setting. The capital expenditure also includes a substantial line item for artificial rock formations, which developers argue are significantly more structurally sound than the actual rocks currently occupying the site.
The consortium assured regulators that any local flora not destroyed by the initial excavation phase would be safely preserved as decorative centerpieces inside the safari park's Rainforest-Themed VIP Dining Lounge.