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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Rabies threat in the NWFP
Editorial in DAWN: ONE of the most cruel and barbaric methods still being used to deal with the threat of rabies is the killing of stray dogs. This has never solved the problem. As a report on Saturday from Peshawar … Continue reading
The right and wrong ways to zoo it
Save elephants in zoos
Nazim orders campaign against stray dogs
From Daily Times: LAHORE: Expressing dissatisfaction on the campaign against stray dogs, the district nazim Mian Amer Mahmood directed the epidemic control officer to gear up efforts in this respect. He told officials to ensure the provision of the material … Continue reading
A sport that thrills but kills
Malik Tahseen Raza in DAWN: MUZAFFARGARH, June 17: Cricket is often described here as a national passion but in some parts of Muzaffargarh, cockerel fight has over the years become much more than a favourite pastime, a local wrestle mania. … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Welfare, cockfights, pakistan-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act
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Army-run gas firm violates wildlife, environment laws
Bhagwandas in DAWN: KARACHI, June 16: The Mari Gas Company Limited (MGCL), owned by the army-operated Fauji Foundation, has been accused of conducting exploratory activities in protected wildlife areas, Dawn has learnt. The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Sindh … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, environment, government, Pakistan, Sindh-Wildlife-Department, wildlife
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Too cute for comfort
Project to protect Indus eco-region
From DAWN: KARACHI, June 12: The World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Pakistan, (WWF) is set to formally launch a six-year project next month titled the ‘Indus for All Programme (IFAP).’ It is an action plan for the Indus eco-region, which … Continue reading
Killing of stray dogs in Karachi
The Monday, June 11 2007, edition of Pakistan’s leading English daily newspaper DAWN has news of the Liaquatabad Town Administration killing 167 dogs in their jurisdiction in Karachi. According to the news item, the sanitation department is encouraging residents to … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Welfare, dogs, government, karachi, neuter, Pakistan, pakistan-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act, rabies, stray-dogs
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Liaquatabad bird bazaar banned
From DAWN: KARACHI, June 6: A weekly bird bazaar, which is being held for the past many years near the Sindh Government Hospital, has been banned by the Liaquatabad town administration keeping in view the hardship caused to the residents, … Continue reading