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Dog Shot in Seaview

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on March 12, 2008
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Stray puppy shot A 6 month old street puppy was shot and killed in Seaview by the Clifton Cantonment’s Sanitation Department staff on the morning of March 11th, 2008. Another dog was shot multiple times on his leg, but the area residents managed to scare away the trigger happy shooters before they could kill him. Continue reading ‘Dog Shot in Seaview’

Brutal cockfights attract gamblers

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on March 6, 2008
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Faiza Ilyas in DAWN:

Cockfights KARACHI, March 3: Mutilated bodies of specially bred roosters lie unattended on the ground. The piece of land, partly covered by a marquee in Mowach Goth, has been the venue of a blood-curdling cockfight. Jubilant lovers of the outlawed sport, some accompanied by visibly shaken children, leave in twos and threes. The show has ended for the day.

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Documentary on Animal Rights

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on February 22, 2008
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Tune in to Dawn TV’s Equinox series this Saturday at 10.30pm for a documentary on common inhumane practices towards animals in Pakistan.

All Breed Championship Dog Show 2007

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on February 17, 2008
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These are the photos from Kennel Club of Pakistan’s All Breed Championship Dog Show that was held in November 2007. Continue reading ‘All Breed Championship Dog Show 2007′

Nomi, the lame donkey’s rescue

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on February 15, 2008
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Nomi, the lame donkey One fine sunny Sunday morning I was on my way to the French Beach in Karachi with a few friends when we spotted a very lame donkey. A young boy of about 12 years of age was making the poor animal gallop at full speed on the metaled road near Hawkesbay. One front leg of the donkey was so crooked that its knees would rub against each other with each step. We could see the blood flowing down its legs, and immediately pulled over to take a closer look. Continue reading ‘Nomi, the lame donkey’s rescue’

Kitten in Islamabad looking for good home

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on February 9, 2008
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Kitten for adoptionA beautiful and kind kitten is looking for a caring home and family to become a part of. Weighing in at just 4 pounds, you wouldn’t believe that her purr could be so loud and healthy. She has been separated from her mother at too young an age, and will not be able to survive without a safe home. Continue reading ‘Kitten in Islamabad looking for good home’

NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

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on January 30, 2008
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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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Crippling our coastal lifeline

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on January 24, 2008
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Najma Sadeque in DAWN:

If fish and other marine life could speak their minds, they would condemn humans as the dirtiest life forms on earth and a threat to all life - notwithstanding claims to ‘civilisation’. They wouldn’t be far wrong. Unknown to most, 80 per cent of the sewage produced by the world’s six billion humans, plus as much industrial and agro-chemical waste, pour into the oceans in unbroken, continuous streams.

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Think before you eat

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on January 24, 2008
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Editorial in DAWN:

WE are what we eat and that applies equally to the poultry and cattle which we in turn consume. An investigative report published in this paper on Wednesday makes for reading so disturbing that some may be put off their food and prompted to revise their menus forthwith. The blood meal and meat-rendering units located on the outskirts of Karachi are completely unregulated and operate under the most appallingly unhygienic conditions.

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This madness must end

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on November 28, 2007
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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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