Assistant Commissioner (AC) Murree Imtiaz Khan was caught poaching migratory wild pigeons along with his 10 friends in mountains near Tanaza Dam in Fatehjang. On a tipoff, Assistant Director Wildlife Mehwish Rauf raided the mountains and found the assistant commissioner… Read More »Murree AC Imtiaz Khan Caught Hunting Pigeons
For some people, particularly those residing in rural belts of Pakistan and some urban localities, cockfighting is a ‘cool’ sport. In fact, it is a ‘cruel sport’ in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight till… Read More »Cockfighting: A Popular & Cruel Activity
Going by the reports of the past few years, it appears that exotic animals are brought to the Islamabad Zoo for no other reason than a quick death — and a painless one isn’t always guaranteed. At the end of… Read More »Deaths at the Islamabad Zoo
by Danish Hyder, Karachi Around 12.20 pm on Feb 13, 2019, I heard a gunshot followed by the sound of a dog whimpering from the direction of Bukhari Commercial in Phase 6, DHA. About 30 seconds later, there was another gunshot,… Read More »Shooting Stray Dogs in Karachi
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to export donkeys in the province to attract annual investment of up to Rs 4.7 million. The plan, however, has triggered alarm among those who use the beast of burden as their primary source of… Read More »KP Government to Export 80,000 Donkeys to China
The number of migratory birds coming in from Siberia has declined drastically over the past three decades. Around 150,000 birds, including local and migratory waterfowl, were estimated to have landed at 12 aquatic ‘stopovers’, which is 70% less than in… Read More »Even the Birds Have Stopped Visiting Pakistan
Lahore zoo has decided to auction animals especially its big cats. Currently, the total number of surplus lions in different zoos of Punjab is more than 20 – the Lahore zoo which houses 26 lions, is looking to offload 8… Read More »Lahore Zoos Selling Surplus Lions
The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad’s (MCI) wildlife directorate has confiscated two dozen jackets and other items made with animal fur. The directorate raided a store in a luxury hotel in Feb 2019 and confiscated 24 leopard fur jackets, as well as… Read More »Animal Fur Jackets Confiscated in Islamabad
A whopping 8,300 kg of pangolin scales and 2,100 kg of ivory tusks were seized by custom officials in Hong Kong. Packed inside a container from Nigeria and declared as frozen beef, this incident is just the latest of its… Read More »Wildlife Trafficking
Residents of Shahdara village in Islamabad limited their mobility after a leopard killed some of their domestic animals over the last few months. Locals who tend to exaggerate claimed that the leopard has killed more than two dozen goats and… Read More »Leopards in Shahdara Village in Islamabad
