The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department foiled a bid to smuggle Leopard Gecko Lizards to China in June 2022. “We have arrested two smugglers after recovering as many as 15 Gecko Leopard Lizards from a car on Karakoram Highway,” Divisional Wildlife Officer Taimur Shah said. He said that a team of the Wildlife Department intercepted the […]
In June 2022, the wildlife Hazara circle foiled a bid to smuggle rare Tarantulas spider and arrested three poachers at Shah Maqsood Interchange. The poachers were arrested by wildlife officials posing themselves as potential buyers, according to Wildlife Hazara Division Conservator M Hussain. The three poachers were fined a sum of Rs 120,000 under relevant […]
A gang of 20 poachers with 20 dogs was intercepted by Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) in their attempt to hunt for endangered species in the Margalla Hills National Park According to IWMB officials, more than 20 people entered the Margalla Hills Trail-III with hounds. The hunters had shown up in a Vigo vehicle, two […]
by Qalander Memon Recently, Foxie got out of the house and disappeared. Learning of Foxie’s disappearance I was alarmed. He was a white, blue-eyed Persian cat and, therefore, a commodity for most. I volunteered to check at Tollinton Market, Lahore, where stolen and abandoned animals are sold. I went there every day for the next […]
A leopard was killed by locals in Haripur’s remote village of Kiyan in June 2022. The wild animal somehow strayed into the low-lying settled area, possibly in search of food before it was gunned down by villagers. The locals claimed that the big cat, which had intruded into the village to escape a fire that […]
International smugglers working with locals in illegal smuggling On July 29, 20The Abbottabad Wildlife Department on Saturday arrested a gang involved in the illegal smuggling of snake skins in the Shah Maqsood are of Haripur. Sources confirmed that the group of alleged smugglers belonged to Rawalpindi and were caught as they were transferring the skins […]
by Satram Sangi The people of Thar have dedicated a graveyard for the rare chinkara deer. They have buried seven deer that had been hunted and slaughtered recently by five hunters in Rangilo, a village a few kilometres off Chelhar, a town near the Pak-India border. The locals also prayed for the protection of the […]
In late May 2022 , the Wildlife Department Rawalpindi Division arrested 12 men in different parts of the city for selling sanda oil, illegal black partridges and other unlicensed wild animals and birds. They recovered 13 sanda or spiny-tailed lizards, five black partridges, and wild parrots from their possessions, and registered cases against them. The […]
A lion cub peeks out of a window of a flat in the PECHS area of Karachi. Punjab Wildlife launched a crackdown on those who keep lions and tigers in private homes. A citizen who kept a lion cub in his house in Tajpura area was fined Rs 20,000. Secretary Forest and Wildlife Punjab Shahid […]
Fatima Bhutto in April 2022 took to Twitter to condemn the abuse of a donkey by PTI supporters, asserting that the animals are “living creatures” and not “political symbols”. A video of a donkey being abused has been doing the rounds on social media, with PTI supporters linking the animal to former PM Nawaz Sharif. […]