Initiative is part of efforts to control growing population of stray dogs and to protect public from rabies To control the increasing population of stray dogs in the provincial capital in a humane manner, the Peshawar Livestock Department has decided… Read More »Peshawar Offers Cash for Catching Stray Dogs
More than 450,000 dogs are expected to be vaccinated and neutered during the campaign The Punjab government has finally crafted a solution to control the burgeoning population of stray dogs in the province. For the first time in decades, the provincial administration… Read More »Punjab Decides to Spay Stray Dogs
Closure during Eid holidays exacerbates the financial crisis The Covid-19 virus has disrupted every aspect of life, and the ritual of visiting parks and zoos during the holiday season has been no exception. Cash-strapped parks and zoos in Lahore received… Read More »Tough days ahead for zoos amid coronavirus
Punjab Urial population thrives as mating season coincides with provincial lockdown and increased conservation efforts The red horned urial–a local variety of wild sheep– endemic to Northern Punjab was once said to be disappearing from its historic range due to… Read More »Breeding season welcomes urial newborns
Actor cries in a video demanding justice and a justification for the killing of his innocent dogs Actor Syed Yorguc Tipu Sharif recently shared two deeply distressing videos on social media to announce how his adopted stray dogs had been… Read More »Actor Tipu Sharif’s adopted stray dogs poisoned to death in Karachi
A striped hyena was rescued in Dera Ismail Khan by wildlife authorities after a video of it being attacked by men from a village with their dogs was shared on social media. The hyena, which has been identified as a female, has… Read More »KP Wildlife Department Rescues Striped Hyena from the Tribal Area
Brought to Pakistan in 1971, Lahore Zoo’s only cassowary has spent a life without a female partner Talk about the Lahore Zoo and the most common animals that come to mind are big cats, giraffes, and deer. Little attention, however,… Read More »Cassowary Stuck in Lahore Zoo for 57 Lonely Years and Counting
In The Islamabad High Court, Islamabad (Judicial Department) W.P. No.1155/2019 Islamabad Wildlife Management Board through its Chairman versus Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad through its Mayor & 4 others Athar Minallah, C.J. “A good deed done to an animal is as… Read More »Islamabad High Court Orders Release of Kavaan the Elephant & Other Animals from Islamabad Zoo
Compiled by Michael Roston and Dulce Ramos April 18, 2016, New York Times There are an estimated 750 million street dogs, village dogs and free-breeding dogs in the world. And while they may not have owners, that doesn’t mean they… Read More »The Dogs That Don’t Belong to Anyone
In a rare display of political unity, President Trump signed a bipartisan bill that, for the first time, makes acts of animal cruelty a federal crime punishable with fines and up to seven years in prison. The bill, called the… Read More »President Trump Signs Federal Animal Cruelty Bill into Law
