Islamabad High Court on March 29, 2019 while hearing a case related to an Asian black bear rescued by the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board officials from the custody of a citizen and later shifted to the Islamabad Zoo directed handing over of the animal to Balkasar Bear Sanctuary until a decision on the case. The […]
A wildbear has been spotted in Chitta Batta Bugermung in Mansehra District in KP Province in late Dec 2018. The bear probably has come down in the populated areas due to cold weather in the mountains and in search of food. It is important that he should be rescued as quickly as possible before the […]
In July 2018, a bear at Marghazar Zoo has also died, adding to the increasing number of animals dying in the Islamabad and other zoos of Pakistan. The bear was being kept alone and in a small enclosure, with zoo officials saying he may have died due to neglect and living in a confined space. […]
On Dec 2, 2016, CDA Wildlife officials confiscated a seven-month-old bear cub that was apparently on sale at the National Science Fair. Among the 150 stalls set up at the fair, the pavilion of Dr Rana’s Clinic was the centre of attraction where the black bear cub was tied among other exhibits such as an […]
by Faisal Bari SUZI, the lone elephant in the Lahore Zoo died recently. She lived for only 30-odd years. Even if they have lived in captivity, elephants are expected to have a lifespan of about 50 years. Suzi died early. For the last two and a half decades, Suzi was the star attraction at the […]
The killing of Cecil the lion drew international outrage and raised awareness about the problems with trophy hunting. Now attention is being focused on British Columbia’s controversial grizzly bear hunt after a graphic video of trophy hunters killing one has gone viral. The video, first posted by hunters presumably thinking it’s amusing, is graphic and disturbing to anyone with […]
In January 2015, following the January 5 raid on the bear baiting event in Ghotki, AMINALS brought to the attention of the Sindh Wildlife Department that Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972 only applied to Game Animals and Protected Animals as defined in it and as listed in the two schedules to the Ordinance. Unfortunately, bears […]
On January 5, 2015, at around midday, the Sindh Wildlife Department intercepted a bear baiting event involving seven bears near the Noor Pir Shrine in Taluka Dharki in District Ghotki. Three bears were rescued while four were taken away by the culprits. Unfortunately, all the organizers escaped from the scene. The bears were later moved […]
On the morning of May 7, 2014, at around 3 am, a large-scale bear-baiting event was planned in Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum by powerful landlords, Faisal, Sarfraz, and Ataa Bhatti. The event had all the hallmarks of an illegal activity: surreptitiously-planned, organized well in advance and held in a secret location with most of […]
WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) and BRC (Bioresource Research Centre) estimate that around 40-45 bears remain in captivity for use in the brutal blood sport of bear baiting. In March 2014, one more of these long-suffering animals was surrendered to our partners in Pakistan, the (BRC). The male bear was handed over […]