Tag: Kaavan in Islamabad Zoo

Elephants Falls into Moat at the Islamabad Zoo

Kavaan fell into the moat one evening and was pulled out the next morning. There seems to be no end to the suffering of Kavaan – the lone elephant at the Islamabad Zoo – as the animal spent an entire chilly and rainy night in the moat in March 2020. Officials in the zoo said […]

Zoos in Pakistan Governed Without Any Laws

By Sylvester Conception The Capital Development Authority (CDA) governing Islamabad claims that chaining elephants for brief periods of time is a common practice in zoos all over the world and that the Islamabad Zoo administration is trying its best to put an end to it on its premises. It also claims that the 31-year-old Asian […]