by Hira Jaleel December 10 marks International Animal Rights Day, an occasion aimed at creating awareness around the plight of animals. There can be little debate about the fact that animals suffer immensely at human hands. Animals are skinned for their furs, hunted for sport, and locked up in cages for the viewing pleasure of […]
Animals cannot speak, so we must speak for them and protect them from cruelties. Sindh has passed a new law under which anyone posting pictures of hunted animals and birds can be sent to prison for six months. The Sindh Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act 2020 is to provide enhanced protection to wildlife, […]
In The Islamabad High Court, Islamabad (Judicial Department) W.P. No.1155/2019 Islamabad Wildlife Management Board through its Chairman versus Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad through its Mayor & 4 others Athar Minallah, C.J. “A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty […]
In line with its international commitments, the federal government has approved the establishment of a court for hearing offences against endangered wildlife. A senior civil judge from Islamabad will be appointed to the court to hear complaints about poaching and the illegal trade of endangered species and wildlife, said officials of the Climate Change Ministry […]
In January 2015, following the January 5 raid on the bear baiting event in Ghotki, AMINALS brought to the attention of the Sindh Wildlife Department that Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972 only applied to Game Animals and Protected Animals as defined in it and as listed in the two schedules to the Ordinance. Unfortunately, bears […]
The bill originally prepared in 2007 is likely to sail through the house in the coming sessions. The provincial cabinet had approved it on October 3, 2014. The bill was vetted by the law department was first approved by the cabinet in 2010 but could not be tabled in the house for unknown reasons. The […]
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 (No XXIII). The Balochistan (Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 2014 (No XV). The Gilgit-Baltistan Wildlife Preservation Act 1975. The Islamabad Wildlife Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 1979 (No LXX). The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 1975 (No V). The […]
It is nothing short of shocking that in Sindh which has Karachi, the major philanthropy center of Pakistan, has no major laws dealing with cruelty to animals. The 1894 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is very old and no one is bothering to up date it. The Wildlife Department has a non-functional website and […]
There are no provisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act dealing with the subject of cruelty to animals. However, the following provisions relate to hunting and killing of animals: Section 8. Restriction on Hunting. No person shall: (i) hunt any wild animal by means of a sten gun, drop […]
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 was repealed by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 2010 (No XIV) on June 14, 2000. Under article 41(2)(a) of the AJK Interim Constitution Act 1974 (No VIII), an Ordinance promulgated shall have the same force and effect as an Act of […]