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
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
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
Akhunzada Hasham Hazrat, a government official from Dir, has been booked for hunting 28 rare pheasants and partridges in Kohistan. His crime was discovered after he uploaded pictures on to Facebook. His favourite website appears to be a Turkish one,… Read More »Rare Pheasant & Partridge Hunter Caught in KP
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
Karachi’s zoo is about to lose another one of its Bengal Tigers –– this will be the fourth one. The previous one died in November 2012. All efforts, as the zoo administration puts it, have failed to help recover the ailing… Read More »Karachi Zoo Loses Another Bengal Tiger
A zoological survey department (ZSD) team tasked with surveying Manchhar Lake found hundreds of migratory birds, some even endangered, slaughtered and their meat being sold at the local markets of nearby towns. It is important to mention here that Dadu… Read More »Endangered Migratory Birds Meat Selling In Markets Near Manchhar
Wildlife conservation efforts, particularly for the common leopard in the hills of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), have had little effect as more than 60 common leopards have been illegally hunted in the past four years. According to game wardens… Read More »Leopard Hunting in Pakistani Kashmir
