The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department is faced with the illegal trade of birds across the whole province. Like in all other provinces, many animals have been pushed to extinction by the greed of poachers but it is the province’s birds that… Read More »The Fate of Birds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Sad
Hunting down pangolins is terribly easy. All the poachers have to do is send trained sniffer dogs to track them. Once they sense a predator approaching, the pangolin curls up into a ball to present its harder outside shell to… Read More »The Pangolins on the Verge of Extinction
On Oct 9, 2014 late evening, 38 poisonous snakes, including 18 black cobras and 20 vipers, were recovered from a passenger wagon near Jamshoro. This is the first time that the Sindh Wildlife Department has recovered such a large consignment… Read More »38 Snakes Rescued in Sindh While Being Smuggled
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 (No XXIII). The Balochistan (Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act 2014 (No XV). The Gilgit-Baltistan Wildlife Preservation Act 1975. The Islamabad Wildlife Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 1979 (No… Read More »Pakistan’s Wildlife Laws
In May 2010, the Sindh Wildlife Minister, Dr Essrani, told the Sindh Assembly that it was not true that the Sindh Wildlife Department carried out census of animals in the Khirthar National Park (KNP) on an annual basis. “Annual surveys… Read More »Khirthar National Park
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
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
