Dear friends,

Illegal wildlife trade is rampant in Pakistan. Fortunately last month a smuggler was caught red-handed at Karachi airport taking 218 black spotted turtles to Bangkok to be sold as food and pets. The Sindh Wildlife Department has taken him to court. Please show your support in person at the hearing tomorrow. A good attendance will put pressure on the courts to set an exemplary punishment. Continue reading →

Fouzia Ahmed in DAWN:

We love our pets, but they sure can make a mess! Dogs track mud and dirt into the house, topple their food and water bowls; while cats fuss around their food, drop and drag around the bowl and then there are ‘accidents’ — and you need to clean those right away with the right kind of clean-up product.

 

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PAWS held its second open house on 21-12-13 in Karachi. The event featured cats up for adoption, and an introduction to matka kitchen gardening for those interested in organic farming. A variety of people from all walks of life came to see both, and enjoyed savories and fruit tea while kittens and cats played around them. Those who were unable to adopt extended their generosity to the donation box, or invested in the eco-friendly bags and a selection of conservation-themed merchandise on display. The events, and PAWS’s efforts, were lauded by all those who walked through the gate of the current home of the registered animal rights organization. As they plan the future of the volunteer driven initiative – goals include extending its compassionate values and sustainable living advocacy further, and defining its organizational structure – PAWS can take heart from the material and moral support they received from the open house. As writer Nusrat Nasrullah wrote on the board attendees recorded their impressions on, “ I am inspired by what I saw and heard – may this cause flourish.”

We shifted the disabled dog to Dr. Otho’s clinic in DHA 6 today where we will be better able to chart his progress and find a forever home for him. We have gotten soft bedding for him from Gizri and Duke’s Pet Wheelchairs in Karachi have kindly offered to design and donate a wheelchair for him*. His story has touched a lot of hearts and many of you have written in asking to donate towards his care, some to adopt him and one even to give him some physiotherapy. His adoption offers have been from out of the country and we feel that would be too stressful for him with the travel and long quarantine involved. He is already considerably weaker than when we found him and his hind legs have wasted away. We have also spent upwards of PKR 130,000 towards his boarding at private clinics in the city. For those of you who would like to help here’s what we need: Continue reading →