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PAWS aims to create a more just and equitable relationship between humans and animals in Pakistan.
Category Archives: Animal Welfare
Helping animals in Pakistan
Guest post by Syed Rizvi, President and Founder, Engineers and Scientists for Animal Rights, San Jose, CA
The mentality that conveys the message that we should help humans before we help animals is the same mentality among some who say we in America should help the poor in America before we help the poor in the [...]
Yudisthira’s Dog
Based on a tale from Hindu mythology, this is the story of Yudisthira, a pious king whose place in Heaven is determined by his love for a dog. Animated by Wolf Clifton in the style of an Indonesian shadow puppet play. Winner of best animation on animal rights at the 3rd International Rights Film Festival [...]
Helping animals up north
Guest post by Ms. E Anne S Killick, BVetMed MRCVS, UK
This summer was my third visit to the northern areas of Pakistan. I have always enjoyed myself so much there – the people are so friendly and hospitable and, of course, the scenery is breath taking. Being a veterinary surgeon by profession I decided it [...]
Perverse Pleasures of the Human Race
Reema at Kufiq.com:
March, Friday the 13th – Lucky for some – unlucky for some – Clearly unlucky for me, friends of Shankar and for Shankar himself or – itself, if you must. May I have the honor to introduce “Shankar” – Shankar was an ordinary mongrel with the heart of an exalted soul. Shankar and [...]
Are zoos really necessary?
Guess post by Syed Rizvi, Founder/President of Engineers and Scientists for Animal Rights
A recent editorial on the topic of zoos and conservation in Dawn of November 17 is an admirable step toward bringing the animal issue to the lime light, since without such publications the issue can never reach public eyes and be a subject [...]
The state of our civilisation
Cowasjee in DAWN:
Full marks to Faiza Ilyas and to the Metropolitan section of Dawn for printing as its lead story on Dec 15 the most depressing and sad tale of the leopard transferred earlier this month from the Safari Park, where for two years she was kept in a turkey cage, to the Korangi-Landhi zoo [...]
Posted in Animal Welfare Tagged Animal Welfare, conservation, cruelty, leopard, Sindh-Wildlife-Department, wildlife, zoo 1 Comment
Dog Shot in Seaview
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.
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Brutal cockfights attract gamblers
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. [...]
Kitten in Islamabad looking for good home
A beautiful and kind kitten is looking for a caring home and family to become a part of. Weighing in at just 4 pounds, you wouldn’t believe that her purr could be so loud and healthy. She has been separated from her mother at too young an age, and will not be able to survive [...]
Edhi Animal Shelter