by Wisal Yousafzai/ Feb 7, 2024 In Feb 2024, a Russian national hunted a 10-year-old Kashmir Markhor in Kaset village of Toshi Shasha conservancy of Lower Chitral district, paying a trophy hunting permit fee of Rs 51 million to the wildlife department. An office-holder of the village conservation committee (VCC) said that that this was […]
NYT/ By Elizabeth Stein For years, my husband told me, “You’re the love of my life. Nothing you do could ever make me leave you.” Then he met someone else, and it was over. As promised, it was nothing I had done. It had been the second marriage for both of us, and he had come […]
NYT/ March 14, 2024 Business is good for snake catchers in Australia, as the period of brumation, a sort of hibernation for reptiles, is shrinking — a result of the warming earth. Natasha Frost spent two days trailing snake catchers on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Business has never been so good for Stuart McKenzie, who […]
The release of a groundbreaking UN report, titled ‘State of the World’s Migratory Species’, has brought into focus the precarious situation facing migratory species worldwide. The report’s findings are sobering, revealing that nearly half of migratory animal species are experiencing population declines, and virtually all fish listed in the UN Convention on the Conservation of […]
Bahawalpur Zoo’s tiger Bubbli delivered a litter of four cubs on Wednesday, bringing zoo staff and visitors a wave of happiness. The upgradation of the Lahore Zoo and the Safari Park by the Punjab caretaker government gives interesting insight into the viability of reconstruction projects with a tight deadline. In November , the caretaker government […]
A Bangladeshi court in Feb 2024 barred the adoption of elephants from the wild, a move hailed by animal rights activists as a “landmark” order to help stop cruelty. Rights groups said the high court order suspending licences will stop the torture of captive Asian elephants in the name of training. The high court suspended […]
The Department of Wildlife Conservation will be conducting a zoological survey of wild animals which will help create a “wildlife protection force”, that would be in charge of breeding endangered species of wild animals. The zoological survey will collect computerized data of all species and numbers of animals present in all public and private forests […]
Introduced during the British era, Kanji Houses were set up across various areas in Punjab for catching and sheltering stray animals roaming in Lahore. However in recent times some shelter houses have been transformed into government offices or rest houses, while many others are under the control of land occupation mafias, resulting in a scenario […]
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department has transferred two-month-old cubs, Nilo and Sultan, to Islamabad Islamabad has received two cubs of Common Asian Leopard, rescued from the poachers by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife from the scenic Jabri town of Haripur District. The leopard mating season starts in February, and as a result, the ratio of leopards […]
Stray dog attacks are on the rise, according to media reports. The plight of the injured locals and their families does not end when they reach the closest hospital since a shortage of the rabies vaccine, only exacerbates their anxiety over the sudden predicament. For instance, Shahrukh, a resident of Liaquatabad, encountered a similar situation […]