Animal lover Javed Muzaffar Butt’s home located on Bedian Road looks like any other ordinary house from the outside. However, it is anything but. Venturing near the structure, one’s ears are assaulted by a cacophony of sounds belonging to lions,… Read More »Private Zoo in Lahore
The hunting season for Ibex concluded on the last day of Dec 2018 with a Pakistani hunter bagging a prized trophy of 45 inch horns. The winter was at its peak, when Maqsood Ali from Swabi climbed up the slopes… Read More »With Hardly Any Animals Left, Hunting Should be Prohibited
The food suppliers of the Lahore Zoo have said they will suspend food supply if the Punjab Wildlife & Parks Department does not pay their bills. “We are not paid for months,” they said. The department is facing difficulties in… Read More »No Food for the Animals at the Lahore Zoo
The food suppliers of the Lahore Zoo have said they will suspend food supply after October 31, 2018, if the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department does not pay their bills. “We haven’t been paid for the last four months,” they… Read More »No Money to Pay for the Food of Lahore Zoo Animals
Villagers shot and killed a blind dolphin in Johi, Dadu district, fearing it was a crocodile. According to local residents, the incident occurred when villagers witnessed a movement in the canal where their buffaloes were swimming. “We were in our… Read More »Courageous Villagers Shot Dead a Blind Dolphin
The Punjab government has decided in Oct 2018 to release a fund of Rs 200 million to transform Lahore Zoo into the province’s model facility of its kind. It was said that more animals and bird species will also be… Read More »PTI Punjab Government Releases Rs 200 Million for Lahore Zoo
The Punjab Wildlife Protection Department has given a limited permission for hunting waterfowls, said Deputy Director Naeem Bhatti. The Punjab government has allowed limited permission for hunting of the birds, he said. According to a circular, permission for hunting of… Read More »Hunting of Waterfowls
On Sept 29, 2018, the thick jungle near Ara village in the Salt Range echoed with a gunshot when the sun was about to set. After an effort of two hours, a team from the Punjab Wildlife Department arrested two… Read More »Urials Under Threat in the Punjab
Kannu Piraditta lovingly scratches the back of Raja – the lion – through the metal bars of his cage at the Karachi Zoo. The king of the jungle playfully rubs his back against the bars, before bowing his head to… Read More »The Karachi Zoo Keepers
The Forest Magistrate Astore in Sept 2018 sentenced two persons to one year in jail and fined them Rs 300,000 each for killing a rare brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Minimarg area of Astore district recently. The bear was poisoned… Read More »Two from Attock District Convicted for Killing a Brown Bear in Astore
