Tigers at a reserve in the Indian state of Maharashtra last year. The country now has about 3,000 wild tigers, according to a new estimate. By Kai Schultz India’s population of endangered Bengal tigers is on the rise. According to a… Read More »India’s Wild Tiger Population on the Rise
October 14, 2019 Pangolins — commonly known as scaly anteaters — which were once found in abundance in the fertile plains of Punjab, have now declared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as one of the most… Read More »Pangolin Conservation Efforts Yielding Results
By Shakir Sultan Enter any food street in Karachi and the aroma of fried fish emanating from different fish stalls is bound to make you salivate. Marinated in lots of spices and fried in a large wok right before the… Read More »Karachi Eats Sharks Everyday
A Tiger Without Enemies Bengal’s fishing cat and its habitat in the wetlands are endangered. Activists sing of their symbiotic beauty. by Dola Mitra Hooghly district, West Bengal. Evening is descending over a large marshy lake that stretches from the… Read More »Bengal’s fishing cat
There are perhaps only a handful of animal species that are as elusive as the enigmatic snow leopard. Their majestic appearance and their ability to hunt their prey on the steepest of cliffs without as much as a sound have… Read More »Snow Leopards Vanishing in Pakistan
The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad’s (MCI) wildlife directorate has confiscated two dozen jackets and other items made with animal fur. The directorate raided a store in a luxury hotel in Feb 2019 and confiscated 24 leopard fur jackets, as well as… Read More »Animal Fur Jackets Confiscated in Islamabad
A whopping 8,300 kg of pangolin scales and 2,100 kg of ivory tusks were seized by custom officials in Hong Kong. Packed inside a container from Nigeria and declared as frozen beef, this incident is just the latest of its… Read More »Wildlife Trafficking
Villagers shot and killed a blind dolphin in Johi, Dadu district, fearing it was a crocodile. According to local residents, the incident occurred when villagers witnessed a movement in the canal where their buffaloes were swimming. “We were in our… Read More »Courageous Villagers Shot Dead a Blind Dolphin
On Sept 29, 2018, the thick jungle near Ara village in the Salt Range echoed with a gunshot when the sun was about to set. After an effort of two hours, a team from the Punjab Wildlife Department arrested two… Read More »Urials Under Threat in the Punjab
A 16-foot-long python was rescued by Rescue 1122 officials from Khanpur Canal in Punjab’s Sheikhupura district in August 2018. The reptile was spotted in the canal with injuries on his head and upper jaw. Officials managed to rescue the serpent… Read More »A 16-foot-long python Rescued by Rescue 1122 officials from Khanpur Canal in Sheikhupura District
