Existing framework more than a century old and has insufficient punishments and measly fines Instances of domestication of animals typically found in zoos or safari parks, apart from the wild, qualify as cruelty to animals and animal rights activists have… Read More »Punjab Thinking of Reviewing its Animal Laws
The Sindh High Court on a petition regarding the plight of four elephants kept in the zoo and safari park directed the managements to contact the German veterinary doctor and furnish a progress report. A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Zafar… Read More »Sindh High Court Seeks Report on Plight of Elephants
Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) formed a committee on Nov 10, 2021 to examine the loopholes in laws that allow keeping wild animals as pets. Justice Jawad was hearing a petition – filed by the daughter of the… Read More »Laws Allowing Wild Animals as Pets to be Reviewed
On Nov 7, 2021, the Islamabad High Court has imposed a ban on the import of rare breeds of animals. The court has declared that depriving animals of their natural habitat merely for the entertainment of human beings violates fundamental… Read More »Islamabad High Court Bans Import of Rare Animal Breeds
Poaching and selling of wild animals continues to go unchecked in Pakistan. Illegal sale of birds and animals nets a monthly income ranging between Rs 200,000 to 500,000. Animals are caught from the forests of Chakwal, Jhelum, Sargodha, Mianwali, Murree,… Read More »Illegal Wildlife Trade in Rawalpindi
Blackbucks and deer at Lal Suhanra National Park The plague that is illegal hunting has threatened the wildlife species of the Punjab for a while now owing to an under-resourced wildlife department. More than 2,000 cases of poaching were reported… Read More »Rise in Poaching in the Punjab
The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) has taken more than 140 spiny-tailed lizards locally known as ‘Sanda’ into custody during a raid in a hilly area of Thatta district. The raiding party of SWD Hyderabad had received an information that some… Read More »141 Spiny-Tailed Lizards Rescued in Thatta District
The Canine Center of Punjab Police Special Branch, the only facility harboring sniffer dogs for explosives detection being run by civilian administration, is in a shambles due to a severe shortage of staff. “The center is being run by only… Read More »Lahore’s Police Canine Center
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a fine of Rs 500, 000 on a national entertainment channel for using animals as prop in its program Time Out with Ahsan Khan. A petition was filed against the program,… Read More »Fine for Using Animals as Props
Built by the colonial rulers for the purpose of displaying their industrial prowess, Lahore’s Tollinton, is infamous for filth, stench, and ill-treatment of animals. New revelations, adding to oldest market’s infamy, are the unabated trade of stolen animals and birds with the… Read More »Animal Cruelty at Lahore’s Tollinton Market
