Closure of Islamabad Zoo is injustice to the people of Islamabad who should not be punished for the incompetence of the authorities, according to some representatives of traders. The zoo is a source of entertainment to thousands of people of… Read More »Closure of Islamabad Zoo
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… Read More »Islamabad High Court Orders Release of Kavaan the Elephant & Other Animals from Islamabad Zoo
Kavaan fell into the moat one evening and was pulled out the next morning. There seems to be no end to the suffering of Kavaan – the lone elephant at the Islamabad Zoo – as the animal spent an entire… Read More »Elephants Falls into Moat at the Islamabad Zoo
The zoo of mighty players and their petty politics by Hassan Shahzad The News/ April 27, 2020 Animals have climbed down Margalla Hills and gates of walking trails have been closed to save human beings from them. Similarly, gates of… Read More »Daily The News Criticizes the State of Islamabad Zoo
Islamabad zoo welcomed a baby zebra and named it Plintoff. The female zebra gave birth to a male foal on April 11, 2019. Both the animals were doing well and were available for public viewing. The new born has become… Read More »Births at Islamabad Zoo: Baby Zebra
Going by the reports of the past few years, it appears that exotic animals are brought to the Islamabad Zoo for no other reason than a quick death — and a painless one isn’t always guaranteed. At the end of… Read More »Deaths at the Islamabad Zoo
On July 5, 2019, the Islamabad High Court directed that the management of the Islamabad Zoo be handed over to the Climate Change Ministry by the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) until August 29, 2019 when the Court will resume… Read More »Islamabad’s Zoo Pathetic Condition Leads to its Transfer to Climate Change Ministry
Islamabad High Court on March 29, 2019 while hearing a case related to an Asian black bear rescued by the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board officials from the custody of a citizen and later shifted to the Islamabad Zoo directed handing… Read More »Bear Rescued in Islamabad & Shifted to Bear Sanctuary
Representatives of an international organisation, Free the Wild, met with Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and officers of relevant departments in Nov 2018 in Islamabad, saying that the INGO wants to help the government upgrade the Islamabad Zoo. Representatives of the… Read More »Free the Wild Meets Pakistani Officials to Get the Elephant Released
A wild animal killed five deer and injured one in an enclosure looked after by the Zoo authorities because of negligence on the part of zoo staff. An animal, likely to be a jackal or a wolf, attacked the deer… Read More »Who Killed the 5 Deer in Islamabad’s F-8 Enclosure?
