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
Dr Frank Goeritz, Head Veterinarians IZW & Senior scientist, Department of Reproduction Management, IZW and Dr. Arnir Khalil, Director of Project Development of Four Paws (FP), were consulted and invited to Pakistan to visit Islamabad from December 16 to 19,2016… Read More »Four Paws Team’s Observations About the Islamabad Zoo
Two Pakistani brothers live with more than 100 snakes slithering around their home. Hamza and Hassan Hussain say their fascination with the creatures took off after they watched the children’s cartoon ‘Jungle Book’. “We started when we were in our… Read More »Collecting Snakes in Karachi
Mawra Hocane Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane has been known for her love of cats. Mawra, who has now ventured into the Indian film industry, took to Instagram and posted a picture of her pet cat, quite some time ago. Mehwish… Read More »Pakistani Celebs Who Are Obsessed With Their Pets
Rabi Pirzada’s may have gained some recognition owing to her brief acting and singing stints, but there’s more to her than that what meets the eye. The Shor Sharaba beauty happens to be very fond of snakes. In fact, Pirzada’s bedroom is… Read More »Pakistani Actress Rabi Pirzada Loves Snakes
Like many schools across the United States, St. Mary’s, a small, public liberal arts college, is figuring out how to field increasing requests for animals by students with diagnosed mental health problems. Last fall it began allowing “comfort animals” for students like… Read More »Animals Give Us Comfort
By Maneka Sanjay Gandhi How weird human beings are. Ask a normal person to touch a snail and they recoil in horror. The body of the snail is long, moist and slimy. The slime that snails secrete is seen as… Read More »Facts about Snail Slime
By Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Birds in tropical climates face predators- larger birds, mammals and snakes- who rob their nests, stealing eggs or killing chicks. In a study published in The American Naturalist, scientists report a novel nesting strategy adopted by… Read More »The Birds are Not Stupid
