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’
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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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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’
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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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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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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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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Report in DAWN:
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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