Tag Archives: bear-baiting

Sentient Beings

Posted on May 24, 2010 by MO

  All creatures on earth are sentient beings. There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings – but they are communities like you.  The Quran 6:38 Swiss animal rights lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, recently … Continue reading →

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Bear Baiting in Pakistan

Posted on May 31, 2007 by MO | 1 Comment

Horror film about ‘Dancing Bears’ banned by Pakistan TV

Posted on May 30, 2007 by MO

Eye-Opening Scenes Depicting Mutilation and Abuse Deemed Too Gruesome Islamabad – A provocative new public service announcement (PSA) which aims to educate people about the plight of Pakistan’s dancing bears has been banned by Pakistan Television Corp. In a bid … Continue reading →

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Bear Baiting in Islamabad Suburb

Posted on February 8, 2006 by MO

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), the world’s largest federation of animal welfare societies, has detected bear baiting activity in Islamabad. Unlike the large-scale bear-baiting events organised illegally in rural Pakistan, this event involved only one bear … Continue reading →

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Confiscation of ‘fighting bear’ in Pakistan

Posted on November 27, 2005 by MO

!http://static.flickr.com/31/67510038_f7e02c843e_m.jpg! Wildlife officials staged a daring raid on an illegal bear baiting event at (Mela Saeidi mosaani vilage NAWAN KOT taluqa MEHAR disst DADU) last weekend (8th November 2005), during the Eid religious festival. This followed a tip-off to the … Continue reading →

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Bear relocated to sanctuary in Kund

Posted on October 11, 2005 by MO

!http://static.flickr.com/33/51321338_68e6e5a8d4_m.jpg! The bear has been re-located to WSPA’s bear sanctuary in Kund, NWFP. He has been named Lucky. Other bears are not so lucky. Bear baiting continues unpunished in Pakistan. For information on this cruel blood sport and how you … Continue reading →

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Bear Rescue in Sindh

Posted on October 1, 2005 by MO

A bear was confiscated by Sindh Wildlife officials from an illegal bear baiting event in Mela Makhun, Sindh on September 29th, 2005 after a tip-off from undercover WSPA investigators. The 11 year old Himalayan brown bear was brought to the … Continue reading →

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