Pakistan has been shooting and poisoning its stray dogs for decades now. Not only is this cruel and ineffective, it is madness given there are humane alternatives to stray dog population management and rabies control. “Killing dogs is not the solution as it does not stop the disease; mass dog vaccination is the only proven […]
Category Archives: Animal Welfare News From Pakistan
Help find Jaffa the missing Siamese cat
Jaffa the Siamese cat has gone missing near Darakshan Villas behind City School, there #Karachi. Please help find him. If anyone has seen him or has any information do get in touch with Kamal at 03212108000 or email at kamalhaq.siddiqi@gmail.com
Captive whales and dolphins in Karachi
Karachi: The Friday, view November 8 DAWN has an article by Faiza Ilyas about the arrival of Stephen, a Beluga whale from Moscow, for the entertainment of Pakistanis. Marine mammal shows are scheduled to be held next month by a private firm despite reservations by nature conservation experts on the violation of animal rights. “We […]
Canine casualties: For city admin, citizens’ failings, stray dogs pay with lives
By Danish Hussain in The Express Tribune: CDA shoots 106 stray dogs in two days; lawyer offers to set up animal shelter; vet asks public to put collars on pets. ISLAMABAD: In some parts of the world, sale dogs are considered man’s best friend. In Islamabad, click the city managers consider them nothing more than […]
All creatures great and small
Faiza Sultan Khan in DAWN: I was tweeting, viagra 40mg as one does, sildenafil some photographs of a litter of tiny puppies recently, there in the hope that some kind soul with enough self-esteem to not require a pedigreed dog to cement their social status may consider taking one home. Their mother had been run […]
Hopeful: The story of my adopted disabled dog
By Kanza Wyne in The Tribune The first time I saw Hopeful I was shocked. Could anything look so pitiful? I was expecting a healthy dog that just couldn’t use his hind legs but what I got was a bag of bones with a protruding vertebra and red raw bedsores where the bone was visible […]