There is more to wildlife conservation than meets the eye. On the surface, much of it appears to the mass public as focused towards individual species on the brink of extinction, and for good reason. Using handful of ‘enigmatic species’ as they are called – your pandas and tigers and rhinoceroses, etc. – conservationists are […]
The people of Bali have long been of two minds about endangered sea turtles. Some want to save them. Some want to eat them. But increasingly, the desire to save the turtle is winning out, especially among younger Balinese. By day, Legian Beach is crowded with tourists from around the world who come for the […]
Villagers shot and killed a blind dolphin in Johi, Dadu district, fearing it was a crocodile. According to local residents, the incident occurred when villagers witnessed a movement in the canal where their buffaloes were swimming. “We were in our field and suddenly saw buffaloes running out of the canal in panic. We saw something […]
Kannu Piraditta lovingly scratches the back of Raja – the lion – through the metal bars of his cage at the Karachi Zoo. The king of the jungle playfully rubs his back against the bars, before bowing his head to let Piraditta scratch behind the ears. “I look after the most ferocious animals at zoo,” […]
The top drug regulator of Sindh, accepting the request of Pakistan Vulture Restoration Project (PVRP) has slapped restrictions on the use of veterinary drugs that have long term adverse effects on scavengers that eat the carcases of the dead cattle. Vulture populations in South Asia have collapsed by over 95% since the mid-1990s. The primary […]
In January 2015, following the January 5 raid on the bear baiting event in Ghotki, AMINALS brought to the attention of the Sindh Wildlife Department that Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972 only applied to Game Animals and Protected Animals as defined in it and as listed in the two schedules to the Ordinance. Unfortunately, bears […]
On January 5, 2015, at around midday, the Sindh Wildlife Department intercepted a bear baiting event involving seven bears near the Noor Pir Shrine in Taluka Dharki in District Ghotki. Three bears were rescued while four were taken away by the culprits. Unfortunately, all the organizers escaped from the scene. The bears were later moved […]
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 one is bothering to up date it. The Wildlife Department has a non-functional website and […]