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Seminar on veterinary medicine

There is a seminar on veterinary medicine at the Marriott in Karachi on Monday, November 10, from 5 to 11pm. It is being organized by the Karachi Animal Hospital which was founded by Dr. I. H Kathio a Pakistani veterinarian based in the USA. Continue reading ‘Seminar on veterinary medicine’

World Animal Day celebrated in Karachi

From The News:

To raise awareness of sufferings in working animals and recognising their services, the Brooke in collaboration with Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital, Karachi, organized two events to celebrate World animal Day 2008 on Thursday.

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Kitten in Karachi looking for good home

A tiny little black kitten rescued from the streets in Karachi is looking for a good home. She’s cute and playful and would make a wonderful companion for a family wishing to adopt her. Continue reading ‘Kitten in Karachi looking for good home’

Over 200 Buffaloes killed in Landhi fire

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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Wildlife department told to halt import of big cats

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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NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

Report in DAWN:

MITHI, Jan 29: Marooara, a network of more than 60 non-governmental organisations, has demanded a complete ban on hunting of near-extinct species of animals and stern action against poachers and hunters. The chairman of Marooara coordination council Obhayo Junejo, project coordinator of Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (Scope) Bharumal Armani, and programme coordinator of Baanh Beli Sultan said at a press conference at the press club that the Wildlife Department should stop issuing permit for houbara hunting to royal dignitaries in the name of hospitality.

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This madness must end

Editorial in DAWN:

AS in previous years, the business of slaughter will be booming this winter. Arab dignitaries have been awarded 31 special permits to hunt the houbara bustard, a locally and internationally protected species that winters in Pakistan after travelling from its breeding grounds in Central Asia, China and Mongolia. Each licence carries a ‘bag limit’ of 200 birds which means that, at the very minimum, 6,200 houbaras out of the twenty to thirty thousand expected to grace us with their presence this year will be massacred on Pakistani soil. The actual figure will be much higher.

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Poaching lessons

Editorial in DAWN:

PAKISTAN needs to study the case of Salman Khan. The Indian actor was arrested and charged with seven years’ imprisonment for hunting the black buck, a serious criminal offence in India. His case has shown that no matter how popular or influential a person is, he/she is not above the law. This message needs to be sent to Pakistan too where, despite well-intentioned laws that prohibit hunting endangered species, or limit the number of game that can be poached, every rule is openly defied - and how.

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Poachers refuse to part with game

Bhagwandas in DAWN:

KARACHI, Oct 23: The four influential men who were on Sunday booked by the provincial wildlife department for poaching refused to part with the carcasses of the poached birds, it emerged on Tuesday. They were caught poaching in the Kirthar National Park, as partly reported by Dawn on Monday.

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Oryx calf born at city zoo

Report in DAWN:

Oryx Calf KARACHI, Oct 18: The Karachi Zoo recently witnessed the first birth on its premises of a male Arabian oryx calf (Oryx leucoryx), a species named endangered by the IUCN Red List. The zoo is looking forward to naming its new guest.

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