By Sylvester Conception The Capital Development Authority (CDA) governing Islamabad claims that chaining elephants for brief periods of time is a common practice in zoos all over the world and that the Islamabad Zoo administration is trying its best to… Read More »Zoos in Pakistan Governed Without Any Laws
On a bright summer’s day at the Bronx Zoo, four adult female gorillas nursed their babies until the little gorillas were so full of mother’s milk, they fell asleep in the hot afternoon sun. In the distance, on a hill, a… Read More »Regulating Sex Life of Animals in the Zoos
Water birds, turtles and crocodiles at the Karachi Zoo have not been properly fed for the past few months apparently because the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has not paid dues to contractors despite earning millions of rupees every year from… Read More »Animals at the Karachi Zoo Suffering From Lack of Food
In May 2010, the Sindh Minister for Wildlife Dr Daya Ram Essrani told the Sindh Assembly that there are 52 private zoos existing in the Sindh province for which licences have been issued by the Wildlife Department, the regulatory authority for… Read More »52 Private Zoos in Sindh
Tusks of elephants at the Karachi Safari Park are being deliberately cut off. Governmental inquiries however following reports that tusks had been cut off from live animals housed in a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation facility and following notice taken by the… Read More »Karachi Safari Park Elephants Mysteriously Losing Their Tusks
A puma is still living in the small enclosure where it was born about ten months ago in the Karachi Zoo. The young male cat, Jewry, shares the cage having a concrete floor with its mother in the current hot… Read More »New Born Puma at the Karachi Zoo Needs More Space
An African lion born in Lahore Zoo in 1998 has died. The Lahore Zoo was established in 1872 and holds the distinction of being one of the largest zoos in South Asia. The lion called ‘Jumbo’ died at the age of… Read More »Jumbo the Lion Dies in the Lahore Zoo
Dr. Vint Virga likes to arrive at a zoo several hours before it opens, when the sun is still in the trees and the lanes are quiet and the trash cans empty. Many of the animals haven’t yet slipped into… Read More »Animals in Zoos Get Depressed
by Z Ali The condition of the animals is gradually deteriorating at Rani Baagh, Hyderabad’s main zoo, spread over 53 acres, which also houses several lawns, a park and a funfair, among other attractions. It is perhaps due to the… Read More »Animals at the Rani Baagh Zoo in Hyderabad in Miserable Condition
Karachi’s zoo is about to lose another one of its Bengal Tigers –– this will be the fourth one. The previous one died in November 2012. All efforts, as the zoo administration puts it, have failed to help recover the ailing… Read More »Karachi Zoo Loses Another Bengal Tiger
