Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supporters on September 17, 2014 captured a wild boar outside the parliament house and subjected it to brutal torture. The angry protesting mob captured the boar outside the parliament building, beat it with sticks and stones… Read More »Qadri Supporters Cruelly Kill a Wild Boar in Islamabad
It is nothing short of shocking that in Sindh which has Karachi, the major philanthropy center of Pakistan, has no major laws dealing with cruelty to animals. The 1894 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is very old and no… Read More »The Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance 1972: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
There are no provisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act dealing with the subject of cruelty to animals. However, the following provisions relate to hunting and killing of animals: Section 8. Restriction on Hunting. No… Read More »The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 1975
by Uzma Khan It was disappointing to see PM Nawaz Sharif’s party leaders were seen dragging live tigers and lions on the streets throughout election campaigns by political affiliates or supporters. Recently, the lunch hosted by PM Nawaz Sharif the… Read More »PM Nawaz Sharif Serves Deer to Asif Zardari for Lunch
No one has lived long enough to describe the tiger in detail, but some things about her are known. She traverses great stretches of land in a day and is comfortable wandering deep into human territory. After killing her first… Read More »Maneater Bengal Tiger in India’s Jim Corbett National Park
Two hundred black pond turtles that were smuggled out from Sindh to China were brought to the Indus Dolphin Centre in Sukkur on August 22, 2014. The Chinese authorities handed over the turtles to a Pakistani delegation comprising Sindh wildlife… Read More »200 Smuggled Turtles Brought Home from China
By Richard Conniff/ NYT One of the odder things about perfumes is how much they have depended over the centuries on the scent of other animals — for instance, ambergris, a fatty excretion of the sperm whale, or the musk from… Read More »Fine Perfumes of the Animal World
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 was repealed by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 2010 (No XIV) on June 14, 2000. Under article 41(2)(a) of the AJK Interim Constitution Act 1974 (No… Read More »The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 Remains in Force
Akhunzada Hasham Hazrat, a government official from Dir, has been booked for hunting 28 rare pheasants and partridges in Kohistan. His crime was discovered after he uploaded pictures on to Facebook. His favourite website appears to be a Turkish one,… Read More »Rare Pheasant & Partridge Hunter Caught in KP
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
