Brought to Pakistan in 1971, Lahore Zoo’s only cassowary has spent a life without a female partner Talk about the Lahore Zoo and the most common animals that come to mind are big cats, giraffes, and deer. Little attention, however,… Read More »Cassowary Stuck in Lahore Zoo for 57 Lonely Years and Counting
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
The Punjab Wildlife Department has not yet been able to secure a permit from CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) which could cause a delay in importing animals for Lahore Zoo, stated… Read More »Importing Zoo Animals: Punjab Wildlife Department Unable to Secure Permit
This Planter Doesn’t Stop The Elephants As a child, Tenzing survived a militant attack on his family. He went on to pioneer elephant-friendly tree plantations. On a cool October evening in 1996, staccato bursts from automatic rifles rang through a… Read More »Providing a Garden for Elephants
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
As many as 600,000 people visit the Lahore Safari Zoo to witness its popular lion safari. The distinguishing feature of the attraction rests with its 35 subspecies of African lions. The safari located on main Raiwand road has 35 lions… Read More »Lahore Safari Zoo
The import of a pair of African elephants from Zimbabwe to Peshawar Zoo is in limbo as the federal ministry of climate change has declined to issue no objection certificate to the contractor as of Nov 2019. KP Provincial environment… Read More »Import of African Elephants for Peshawar Zoo Not Legal
By Asif Mehmood/ July 25, 2019 Barely any visitors to Lahore Zoo know that one of the oldest animals at the zoo is also one of the most dangerous. It’s not a big cat. It is not a bear or… Read More »The Elderly Eviscerator of Lahore 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
