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
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 was repealed by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance 2010 (No XIV) on June 14, 2000. Under article 41(2)(a) of the AJK Interim Constitution Act 1974 (No… Read More »The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Act 1975 Remains in Force
Tusks of elephants at the Karachi Safari Park are being deliberately cut off. Governmental inquiries however following reports that tusks had been cut off from live animals housed in a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation facility and following notice taken by the… Read More »Karachi Safari Park Elephants Mysteriously Losing Their Tusks
by Faiza Ilyas Illegal hunting and trade of scorpions is thriving in the country, particularly in Sindh. Though no case relating to the illegal catch of scorpions has been officially reported from Sindh, at least two have been reported from… Read More »Illegal Hunting & Trading of Scorpions
A puma is still living in the small enclosure where it was born about ten months ago in the Karachi Zoo. The young male cat, Jewry, shares the cage having a concrete floor with its mother in the current hot… Read More »New Born Puma at the Karachi Zoo Needs More Space
An African lion born in Lahore Zoo in 1998 has died. The Lahore Zoo was established in 1872 and holds the distinction of being one of the largest zoos in South Asia. The lion called ‘Jumbo’ died at the age of… Read More »Jumbo the Lion Dies in the Lahore Zoo
On April 14, 2014, the Sindh Parliamentary Secretary for Wildlife Nasir Hussain Shah, told the Sindh Assembly that the Indus River Delta was in a state of deterioration.Riverine forests of the province are depleting because of a decrease in freshwater from the… Read More »Environmental Degradation in Sindh
