Tag Archives: CITES

Wildlife department told to halt import of big cats

Posted on March 20, 2008 by MO

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. … Continue reading →

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NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

Posted on January 30, 2008 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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This madness must end

Posted on November 28, 2007 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard

Posted on November 24, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports

Posted on November 23, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

Wildlife department destroys turtle parts

Posted on August 28, 2007 by MO

Sadia Qasim Shah in DAWN: PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The NWFP Wildlife department on Monday destroyed parts of dead turtles recovered from a hut near the Shah Alam River on the Charsadda Road. An official of the wildlife department said that … Continue reading →

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Ministry certifies turtle parts as ‘dry fish skin’

Posted on August 19, 2007 by MO

Bhagwandas in DAWN: KARACHI, Aug 18: A huge consignment of body parts of highly rare freshwater turtles, which was caught at the Karachi airport a few weeks ago, had been certified by the federal ministry of food, agriculture and livestock … Continue reading →

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