PAWS aims to create a more just and equitable relationship between humans and animals in Pakistan.
Report in DAWN:
KARACHI, March 20: More than 200 buffaloes were killed on Thursday when a fire swept through wooden sheds at a farm in Cattle Colony in Landhi. According to eyewitnesses, the fire erupted at around 3.30pm when one of the farms in the colony caught fire from the smoldering dung cakes and straws burnt to repel insects particularly Tsetse flies known among the farmers as sea flies.
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Cranes are Crying against criminals Killing fields for migratory birds in Dera Ghazi Khan.
Bhagwandas in DAWN:
KARACHI, March 18: The federal government has advised the Sindh government not to process any request for the import of big cats - lions and tigers - belonging to the endangered species, it has been reliably learned. Sources said that the federal environment ministry took the decision as the Sindh Wildlife Department was delaying the matter of taking punitive action against the wildlife traffickers who had brought big cats from Africa and Europe in the country last year.
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Located near the toll plaza just off the superhighway in Karachi, the Edhi Animal Shelter is one of its kind in the country.
The wetlands of Pakistan attract a large number of migratory birds every winter. This natural phenomenon provides birdwatchers with great opportunities to enjoy birds in their natural environment.
A 6 month old street puppy was shot and killed in Seaview by the Clifton Cantonment’s Sanitation Department staff on the morning of March 11th, 2008. Another dog was shot multiple times on his leg, but the area residents managed to scare away the trigger happy shooters before they could kill him. Continue reading ‘Dog Shot in Seaview’
Extinction Trade: Endangered animals are the new blood diamonds as militias and warlords use poaching to fund death.
Faiza Ilyas in DAWN:
KARACHI, March 3: Mutilated bodies of specially bred roosters lie unattended on the ground. The piece of land, partly covered by a marquee in Mowach Goth, has been the venue of a blood-curdling cockfight. Jubilant lovers of the outlawed sport, some accompanied by visibly shaken children, leave in twos and threes. The show has ended for the day.
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