A precious and rare breed snow leopard got seriously injured after it fell from a mountain in the Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Feb 2021. The leopard was later rescued by the locals. The Chitral Wildlife Department was informed of the leopard’s injuries and was shifted from the hilly area to Chitral Veterinary Hospital. According to […]
The Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) has issued a warning to citizens visiting Trails Four and Six of the Margalla Hills after another leopard was spotted there in early February 2021. The Board has spotted five leopards so far through trap cameras. The Margalla Hills are a permanent habitat for the wildcats. They have adapted to the surroundings and […]
Body of the killed Leopard. A leopard in Khyber-Paktunkhwa Abbottabad district entered into the civilian population and injured one person before being killed by a mob in January 2021. According KP Wildlife Department officials the leopard, which is among endangered species, aged four years, attacked Malik M Riaz, resident of Pawa Sayal, a small village of Abbottabad, while […]
Four people were hauled to the ground and bitten by the leopard before it was caught. A leopard caused panic in the Indian city of Jalandhar as it went on the prowl for several hours attacking inhabitants before it was tranquilised on Jan 31, 2019. Four people were hauled to the ground and bitten by […]
Lahore zoo has decided to auction animals especially its big cats. Currently, the total number of surplus lions in different zoos of Punjab is more than 20 – the Lahore zoo which houses 26 lions, is looking to offload 8 African lions and the Lahore Safari Park which is home to 40 lions will auction […]
by Rina Saeed Khan rinasaeed@gmail.com The PML (N)’s official election symbol (that appeared on the ballot paper) is that of a Bengal Tiger, which are not lions but tigers. The Bengal Tiger is an endangered species with fewer than 2,500 left in the wild (mostly in India, Bangladesh and Nepal). They are no longer found […]