Migratory birds coming from Siberia are hunted in the Punjab. It is not just Punjab’s populace that seems to be suffering from water scarcity and pollution, as there has been a dip in the number of migratory birds from Siberia… Read More »Migratory Birds Coming from Siberia Going Elsewhere
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… Read More »Data Collection of Birds & Animals in the Punjab
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… Read More »Should be Vultures be Released from Changa Manga Sanctuary
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… Read More »Punjab Wildlife Department Bans Trapping of Sparrows by Fraudsters
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… Read More »Punjab Wildlife Department Ignores Rare Bird Poaching
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… Read More »A Ban Imposed on the Hunting of Wild Birds in Rawalpindi
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… Read More »India’s Distinctive Birdhouses
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,… Read More »Wild Pigeons’ Reliance on Humans for Food is Detrimental
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. … Read More »Sindh Wildlife Department Releases two rescued steppe eagles with GPS trackers
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… Read More »Cheer pheasant Successfully Reintroduced in the Wild
