The Punjab Wildlife Department in March 2020 confiscated hundreds of sparrows and released them, as well as fining bird trappers Rs 50,000. The department has been alternating its focus between protecting wildlife in forests and markets where illegal traders of… Read More »District Wildlife Officer Rizwana Aziz Clamps Down on Sparrow Trappers
Jane Goodall speaks at the Securing a Sustainable Future for the Amazon, during the World Economic Forum in Davos. World-renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall says the coronavirus pandemic was caused by humanity’s disregard for nature and disrespect for animals. Goodall,… Read More »Jane Goodall Says `disrespect for animals’ caused Pandemic
A pet store owner feeds a caged parrot. With the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic forcing the government to restrict people to their homes in the garrison city, it has also taken a toll on hundreds of animals housed in the… Read More »Lockdown Leaves Dozens of Pets Trapped
A Stray dog’s life is nasty, brutish and short. To counter the growing incidence of dog bites and thus quell public outrage, the Sindh government directed the municipal authorities to revive a campaign to cull stray dogs in September 2019.… Read More »A Stray Dog’s Life: Dawn Dec 2019 Editorial
Three Billion Canaries in the Coal Mine What does it mean for us that birds are dying? And what can we do about it? By Margaret Renkl A Magnolia Warbler found recently on a suburban lawn in the northeast. During the… Read More »How to Help Birds Survive?
As with people, probably the most important measure for keeping dogs healthy and promoting a long, active and happy life is to keep them trim. By Jane E. Brody As Max the First neared his 17th birthday, we knew his days… Read More »Keeping an Older Dog Vibrant
Citizens and animal welfare organisations held a protest outside Islamabad Zoo on Oct 12, 2019 in against animal cruelty. The movement #VoicefortheVoiceless aims to compel the government and society to adopt humane practices and stop animal cruelty effective immediately. Renowned… Read More »Animal Rights Activists: Call for End to Animal Cruelty
October 11, 2019 The municipal authorities will not initiate mass dog culling as a means to tackle the problem of dog bites and human rabies. The government will rather encourage and promote scientific methods of eliminating this disease. This commitment… Read More »Karachi: Mass Dog Culling to be Replaced with Sterilisation
It Is A Woofderful Life A dog’s house is his castle—almost literally. Bombay House, the 94-year-old building that serves as the Tata Group’s global HQ, has been a comfortable den for stray dogs for decades. When Ratan Tata became chairman… Read More »Tata Group’s HQ for Stray Dogs
Never leave a snake wounded. So goes an old Assamese saying. Get it treated, we would say. That’s what vets at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University did when foresters brought an injured five-and-half-feet Indian rock python. The poor… Read More »Never Leave a Snake Wounded
