Category Archives: Animal Welfare

Treating the Flood’s Animal Victims in Thatta and Makli, Pakistan

Posted on August 31, 2010 by MO

August 29, 2010: The Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), in collaboration with the Karachi Animal Hospital, organized a relief mission to Thatta and Makli in Sindh to provide veterinary treatment to the flood’s animal victims.

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Save the turtles

Posted on May 31, 2010 by MO

The Monday, May 31st, DAWN has a letter to the editor about the plight of freshwater turtles in Punjab, Pakistan. The turtles are being brutally massacred for the illegal international wildlife trade and exported to foreign countries. Please write polite … Continue reading →

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Sentient Beings

Posted on May 24, 2010 by MO

  All creatures on earth are sentient beings. There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings – but they are communities like you.  The Quran 6:38 Swiss animal rights lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, recently … Continue reading →

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Life’s the pits for Emma, the lonely bear

Posted on May 19, 2010 by MO

Article in the Express Tribune: The Balochi black bear, according to her caretaker, “does each and everything on time”. Some children are standing at the edge of the pit where Emma can roam free and as she turns towards her … Continue reading →

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Caged and killed

Posted on May 7, 2010 by MO

The Friday, May 7, DAWN has a letter to the editor about innocent caged birds being sold at traffic signals across Karachi: COMING to M.A. Jinnah Road from Electronic Market road, one finds bird sellers (mostly selling sparrows) caged and … Continue reading →

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Pedigree Dogs Exposed

Posted on April 12, 2010 by MO

Documentary – BBC – Pedigree Dogs Exposedbordercollie19 | MySpace Video

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Illegal Falcon trade in Pakistan

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Maheen Zia

Bhagwandas in DAWN: This grand and endangered visitors to Pakistan are captured and sold to Arab hunters. Read the Dawn exposé here.

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Edhi Animal Shelter

Posted on February 12, 2010 by MO

A report on the Edhi Animal Shelter by Sidra Omer.

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Helping animals in Pakistan

Posted on February 4, 2010 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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Yudisthira’s Dog

Posted on January 2, 2010 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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