by Kamal Siddiqi/ Express Tribune/ Feb 7, 2022 Two leopard cats were recovered from the bird market located in Karachi’s Empress Market recently, highlighting once again how the illegal trade in animals flourishes around the country, with poachers getting bolder… Read More »Protecting Pakistan’s Wildlife
by by Fouad Hafeez/ Express Tribune/ Feb 9, 2022 The greatest crimes that can be committed by us humans do not necessarily have to be restricted to crimes against other humans. The most insidious crimes perhaps are against those who… Read More »College Road in Rawalpindi is a Death Market for Animals
Pangolins are threatened with extinction, and are the most trafficked animal in the world. Experts have urged the government to start a massive public awareness campaign to protect the endangered pangolins in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) from poaching… Read More »Protect Pangolins
It’s a dog-eat-dog word—some survive the brutal fight heavily wounded, others collapse to the ground as spectators cheer. Be it in grim alleys or in broad day-light at a public fair, hundreds of spectators still gather every week to witness… Read More »Betting on Dog Fights is a Cruel Sport
Two leopard cats were recovered from Karachi’s birds market located in Empress Market, and a man was arrested during the raid on Feb 3, 2022. The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) through animal rights activists was informed that someone was selling… Read More »Two Leopard Cubs Rescued from Karachi’s Empress Market
Hunter was charged with penalty of Rs 30,000 A hunter of porcupine, a nocturnal rodent with sharp quills at its back, has been apprehended by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department from Topi Tehsil of Swabi district and fined with Rs 30,000 as… Read More »Man arrested for hunting porcupine in Swabi
Expert says evidence of fungal, bacterial infections has been found in diseased fish It is feared that if no concrete measures are taken, it may result in the eventual extinction of trout from River Kunhar. River Kunhar, a former pristine… Read More »Plastic Waste in KP; Clogs Rivers, Killing Fish
Existing framework more than a century old and has insufficient punishments and measly fines Instances of domestication of animals typically found in zoos or safari parks, apart from the wild, qualify as cruelty to animals and animal rights activists have… Read More »Punjab Thinking of Reviewing its Animal Laws
A female turtle lumbers across the beach in the bustling port city of Karachi late at night, looking for a place to lay her eggs. Waiting for her, staff from Sindh Wildlife watch quietly as the green turtle buries a… Read More »Sindh Wildlife Department Releases Green Turtles
Sprawling over 17,000-hectare land, the biodiversity-rich Margalla Hills National Park has become a thriving habitat for the fading common Asian leopards. The national park is home to over 600 plant species, medicinal herbs, shrubs, around 350 bird species, 300 mammals… Read More »Leopards in Islamabad’s Margalla Hills
