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PAWS aims to create a more just and equitable relationship between humans and animals in Pakistan.
Tag Archives: Animal Welfare
Concept of animal welfare non-existent in Pakistani society
Andaleeb Rizvi in Daily Times:
KARACHI: Talking about animals, one must be used to the spectacle of undernourished donkeys, horses and camels as well as flea-infested cats and dogs in the city. Also worth mentioning are the illegal animal markets, where animals are kept in dirty, over-crowded and unhygienic conditions.Unfortunately animal welfare is an alien concept [...]
Not a dog’s life for Puffin
Irfan Husain’s article in DAWN about animal welfare in Pakistan.
The state of our civilisation
Cowasjee in DAWN:
Full marks to Faiza Ilyas and to the Metropolitan section of Dawn for printing as its lead story on Dec 15 the most depressing and sad tale of the leopard transferred earlier this month from the Safari Park, where for two years she was kept in a turkey cage, to the Korangi-Landhi zoo [...]
Posted in Animal Welfare Also tagged conservation, cruelty, leopard, Sindh-Wildlife-Department, wildlife, zoo 1 Comment
Animal Sacrifice
Adil Najam on the spirit of animal sacrifice.
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.
More here.
World Animal Day celebrations in Karachi
The Brooke is the largest animal welfare organization in Pakistan. They are celebrating World Animal Day this year in Karachi on Thursday, October 23rd at the Richmond Crawford Government Veterinary Hospital on MA Jinnah Road.
Dwindling victoria carts
There’s a letter by Syed Rizvi in today’s DAWN about dwindling victoria carts, in response to another letter published a few days ago. He writes:
APROPOS of the letter, ‘Dwindling victoria carts‘ (Sept 8), writer Seema Khanum Pashamby lamented the disappearance of horse-drawn carts from Karachi’s marketplace. It seems Ms Pashamby was not thinking in the [...]
Animal welfare is human welfare
The animal charity that helps people too. An article about The Brooke in the Guardian
The Daily Times interviews PAWS
The Daily Times interviews PAWS
Helping animals in Pakistan