Did you know that out of tragic necessity, India’s Mumbai Zoo is rapidly transforming into a taxidermy museum. Since they are unable to replace animals that die in their cramped and filthy cages, zoo officials have concluded that it would… Read More »Close Down the Karachi Zoo
The announcement by the Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister in July 2023 regarding the construction of new zoos with international standards in major towns, including Lahore, raises questions about the government’s priorities and the potential consequences of such a decision. Pakistan’s… Read More »Pakistan Does NOT Need Zoos
Languishing in a barren cage, Rano was brought to the Karachi Zoo in 2017. Also known as the Himalayan red bear, the Himalayan brown bear is a subspecies of the brown bear found in the western Himalayas. It is the… Read More »A Lone Himalayan Bear Crammed in a Small Cage at the Karachi Zoo
In September 2023, the outbreak of the African Trypanosomiasis, a vector-borne parasitic disease among various herbivores and carnivores, which targets their blood and other vital organs like the liver, lungs and stomach, has raised concerns among veterinary experts, who fear… Read More »Lahore Zoo Animals Contract Blood Parasite Disease
In Jan 2024, the search for four precious and rare black deer, missing from Jallo Wildlife Park in Lahore for the past four days, continues without any breakthrough. Details emerging from the investigation indicate that on the night of January… Read More »Four Black Deer Missing from Jallo Park in Lahore
After the temporary closure of Lahore Zoo and Safari Park due to ongoing upgradation projects in late 2023, Jallo Park experienced a surge in visitors. The newly established lion safari at Jallo Forest and Wildlife Park, a first of its… Read More »Jallo Park in Lahore Attracts Crowd
Tigers named Radjah and Dehli, were on the loose. In a tragic incident at Bahawalpur Zoo in Dec 2023, four tigers attacked and killed an unidentified person who had entered the zoo during the night. The trespasser fell into the… Read More »Tigers Kill One Intruder at Bahawalpur Zoo
Friday Times/ Feb 2024/ Rina S. Khan The world over the trend is to decommission old zoos and not set up any new zoo. After all, we are living in the era of climate change, which is currently threatening a… Read More »Controversy Over the Islamabad Zoo Continues
February 3, 2024 Started by Ayesha Khan We, the undersigned, express our deep concern and objection to the plans of the CDA to “reclaim” administrative control of and “restore” the Islamabad zoo in violation of the Islamabad High Court decisions to… Read More »Change.Org Petition to Stop CDA from trying to re-establish a zoo in Islamabad
Animal lover Junaid Bhimani, aka Jimmy, slid open the door to one of the numerous enclosures of the Reptile Animal Sanctuary housed within Elixir Zoo in North Nazimabad. He pulled out an Albino Burmese Python (the only one found in Pakistan according… Read More »Bilal Khwaja Mansoor’s Private Zoo in North Nazimabad in Karachi
