A few zoos try to safeguard the health and well-being of animals in zoos during the summer, trying to mitigate the risks of heat stroke and dehydration. The Rawalpindi Zoo, for instance, placed water ponds within the enclosures of tigers,… Read More »Spending the Summer in a Pakistani Zoo
Two wildlife officials have been arrested following the death of a monkey in Vehari in July 2024. The arrests were made after a case was registered at City Vehari police station. As per the Wildlife Department, CCTV footage shows the… Read More »Monkey Performer Gets Wildlife Officials Arrested
Before it was forced to close over its “intolerable” treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is providing… Read More »Islamabad’s Old Zoo Acting as a Temporary Shelter for a Few Animals
The Supreme Court on May 8, 2023, rejected a plea seeking an approval for import of African elephants for a zoological garden in Peshawar. A three-judge SC bench comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Shahid Wahid dismissed… Read More »Supreme Court Disallows Import of Elephants
The deplorable living conditions of a rhinoceros and hippopotamus at Lahore Zoo has triggered a debate about the dearth of facilities at the zoos in Pakistan. There are loopholes and systemic inadequacies of zoos across the country, which are neither… Read More »The State of Health of Rhinoceros & Hippopotamus at the Lahore Zoo
Did you know that out of tragic necessity, India’s Mumbai Zoo is rapidly transforming into a taxidermy museum. Since they are unable to replace animals that die in their cramped and filthy cages, zoo officials have concluded that it would… Read More »Close Down the Karachi Zoo
The announcement by the Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister in July 2023 regarding the construction of new zoos with international standards in major towns, including Lahore, raises questions about the government’s priorities and the potential consequences of such a decision. Pakistan’s… Read More »Pakistan Does NOT Need Zoos
Languishing in a barren cage, Rano was brought to the Karachi Zoo in 2017. Also known as the Himalayan red bear, the Himalayan brown bear is a subspecies of the brown bear found in the western Himalayas. It is the… Read More »A Lone Himalayan Bear Crammed in a Small Cage at the Karachi Zoo
In September 2023, the outbreak of the African Trypanosomiasis, a vector-borne parasitic disease among various herbivores and carnivores, which targets their blood and other vital organs like the liver, lungs and stomach, has raised concerns among veterinary experts, who fear… Read More »Lahore Zoo Animals Contract Blood Parasite Disease
In Jan 2024, the search for four precious and rare black deer, missing from Jallo Wildlife Park in Lahore for the past four days, continues without any breakthrough. Details emerging from the investigation indicate that on the night of January… Read More »Four Black Deer Missing from Jallo Park in Lahore
