Happy the Asian elephant has been living at the Bronx Zoo for more than 40 years. She’s 47 years old and has been living alone since 2006, separated from the zoo’s two other elephants ever since a fight led to… Read More »Is the Bronx Zoo Elephant Lonely? Free Her
If you are a pet owner, it’s likely you know this: pets shed constantly. A typical house cat can shed up to 75,000 hairs a day. If you are a typical human, you probably also know that you lack the… Read More »Pets Shed Constantly. Here’s How to Keep Up
The United Nations on May 25, 2016 launched the #WildforLife campaign against illegal trade in wildlife, warning that such trade is pushing species to the brink of extinction, robbing countries of their natural heritage and profiting international criminal networks. Each… Read More »#WildforLife Campaign Against illegal Trade in Wildlife
In July 2018, a 3-year-old male jaguar, Valerio, at New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo escaped and fatally mauled four trapped alpacas, one emu and one fox who were held in other displays. Valerio bit a hole in steel fencing and zoo… Read More »Animals Hate Zoos
A donkey in Karachi was tortured by crowd of political activists who subsequently died. It was a sad reflection on the soul of a society when its greatest targets for causing pain and misery are those who cannot fight back,… Read More »Ideas for Improving the Plight of Animals
Pakistan is one of a small number of countries that do not have animal welfare laws in place, yet rather than lamenting the situation, one key to improvement is a greater awareness of the health benefits – both physical and mental –… Read More »How Can a Dog Boost Your Children’s Health?
by Jenny Holt Food allergies are common in dogs. And some breeds are more prone to developing symptoms than others, including the Yorkshire Terrier, Golden Retriever and Bulldog. With Pakistan’s government killing in excess of 50,000 stray dogs a year, it’s… Read More »Could Your Dog Have One Of These Food Allergies?
by Jenny Holt The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has only one way of reducing the number of stray dogs on the streets: poison capsules. Whenever there is an increase in dog-related hospital cases, the KMC fills trash cans with poison capsules so… Read More »The Poison Dog Capsules in Your Home
The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) on September 19, 2017 recovered a consignment of turtle meat which was scheduled to be smuggled to Hong Kong via Pakistan postal service. The meat, which weighed around 16 kilogrammes, was recovered after the Anti-Narcotics… Read More »Pakistani Turtle Meat for the Chinese
Rani, the African lioness at the Islamabad Zoo gave birth to four cubs on June 23, 2017. In November 2016, Rani had given birth to two stillborn cubs. Initially, Rani and cubs were lodged in a separate designated room, where their… Read More »The Clueless Staff at Islamabad Zoo Unable to Explain Death of Lion Cubs
