The Department of Forests and Wildlife Preservation has devised a project for the breeding and conservation of wild birds, water birds and wild animals, their data collection and mapping through remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) in all the government and private forests as well as the national parks. It will be implemented under […]
After years of breeding and conservation efforts, the rare white-backed vultures at the Vulture Conservation Center in Changa Manga Forest are aching to be in the air but experts feel letting them out in the open poses significant risks. The country’s vulture population was devastated in the 90s when they started developing kidney problems due […]
The Punjab Wildlife Department has banned the hunting of sparrows and other birds released as a charitable ritual and ordered the arrest of trappers, impose heavy fines on them, and release the birds. The department also banned trapping of birds with nets in forests and selling across Punjab, including Rawalpindi Division. Citizens free these captured […]
In some instances, wildlife department officials are involved with sports hunters The hunting of rare species of falcons and quails peaked in the province, due to the negligence of the Punjab wildlife authorities. A large number of falcons and quails were hunted in different districts of the province during the last month. Punjab wildlife officials […]
A ban has been imposed on the hunting of wild birds, especially wild pigeons in the garrison city. In this regard, two projects have been launched to bring back wild birds especially pigeons to the Rawalpindi city. Since pigeon nests under the metro bus track from Saddar to Faizabad have been steadily growing, hunting of […]
For seven years, a photographer based in Delhi has collected images of ornamental structures known as chabutras. Here are some of his favorites. Photographs and Text by Nipun Prabhakar Nipun Prabhakar here shares a collection of images from the Kutch district of Gujarat, a state in western India. Some years ago, while exploring Bhuj, a small […]
Hundreds of birds perch at various places in Lahore eagerly awaiting their daily feed instead of hunting Experts consider it as harmful for the ecosystem and also detrimental to human health when pigeons who have found abode at Lahore’s shrines, await their daily feed courtesy of the shrines’ visitors. It is a common sight in […]
Wildlife officials say one of the tagged eagles clocked 36 km in a day Sindh Wildlife Department officials set free two steppe eagles rescued from poachers. Officials have put solar-powered GPS trackers on these migratory birds from the Tundra region. Two steppe eagles have been released in the outskirts of Karachi in Nov 2021 with […]
Effective measures taken against hunting and poaching have borne fruits in the rehabilitation of cheer pheasant by bringing the rare bird back to the wilderness from the state of being extinct locally. Staffers of Wildlife Manshera division have recently sighted few birds at forests of Kanshian area of Balakot Tehsil in close proximity of Kashmir […]
Here are some principles you can apply to any form of nature study. By David Sibley/ Mr. Sibley, a birder and artist, is author of “What It’s Like to Be a Bird,” from which this is adapted. May 8, 2020 We find comfort in nature. The psychological benefits are well documented: Spending time with grass […]