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
Wildlife experts have expressed concern over an alarming decline in the population of snow leopards in Pakistan, citing climate change and lack of eco-friendly tourism as the leading factors behind threats to the species. Wildlife ecology scholar Shoaib Hameed says… Read More »Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program
The Karachi Zoo has seen the birth of 25 Russell’s vipers in a single litter, raising the number of this species to 31 at the facility. The last births in Russell’s vipers happened in 2008. The zoo lost the young… Read More »25 Russell Vipers Born in the Karachi Zoo
In the inhospitable and frigid region of the Pakistani north lives the mythical snow leopard. To celebrate the uniqueness of the species and shed light on its declining numbers, Pakistan American Cultural Center (PACC) on Dec 19, 2018 screened the documentary In… Read More »In Pursuit of Phantom: Snow Leopards in Pakistan
