Children offering grass to herbivores in Lahore zoo. A new mini-zoo has been established in Shimla Hill Park in Abbottabad, as part of a positive initiative by the Department of Wildlife and Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) in March 2023. Abbottabad deputy commissioner inaugurated the zoo which is intended to provide an opportunity for recreation to […]
17-year-old elephant Noor Jehan at Karachi Zoo passed away on April 22, 2023. Her death followed an unfortunate incident on April 13 that left her unable to leave the pool in her enclosure for hours. After the local team was able to pull her out under the remote supervision of Four Paws, Noor Jehan was […]
An import ban has stopped menageries across the country from bringing in exotic mammals by Asif Mehmood/ Oct 18, 2022 Children offering grass to herbivores in Lahore zoo. Free Entry to Zoo for Students on Sundays The provincial government is creating a portal for selling entry tickets to the zoo online. The government has […]
An aged rare African lion of Karachi was found dead inside his cage at the Karachi Zoological Gardens. The Zoo administration claimed that the big cat died a “natural’ death in Oct 2022. The autopsy report said that the teeth showed the age of the animal was between 18 to 20 years. The Zoo administration […]
Response by Dr Anisur Rahman, former Chairman of Islamabad Wildlife Management Board to the Fact Finding Inquiry Relating to Casualties at the Islamabad Zoo Animals It is fundamental to understand the reasons why the staff of the Wildlife Management Board has been unable to deliver to its full capacity and highest level of professional competence […]
Jungle World Theme Park & Ayub National Park presently have 15 species of animals (total No 112) and 35 species of birds (total no. 549). All the animals are living in natural habitat in captivity and breeding as per conservation of species. As per routine according to SOP on 21st July 2022 it was rainy […]
by Asif Mahmood The only female Kudu antelope in Punjab has given birth to a baby at Jallo Wildlife Breeding Center in August 2022. The Kudu is a rare species of antelope that resembles the nilgai and sambar antelopes, but is larger than them and has longer horns. The species is of African origin. Not […]
Earlier, three mouflin sheep were also found dead at Bahawalpur Zoo on August 29. Five deer, belonging to an endangered species, died of bacterial infection at the Bahawalpur Zoo in September 2022. This was confirmed by Zoo Curator Usman Bukhari. He said that the dead deer included two female does and three bucks. “Our veterinary […]
Lahore Safari Zoo now has so many big cats that their lions and tigers have to take it in turns to access the paddocks, said Tanvir Ahmed Janjua, the zoo’s deputy director. “Not only will we free up more space here, but our expenses for meat to feed them will also decrease,” he said. The […]
The federal government has allocated Rs 100 million under Public Service Development Programme (PSDP) for Climate Change Division new scheme in the fiscal year 2022-23 to establish a wildlife conservation and information center at the old Islamabad Zoo. The allocated amount of millions of rupees in the year 2022-23 focused on initiating development work on […]