Tag Archives: CITES

Wildlife department told to halt import of big cats

By MO | Published: March 20, 2008
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. Sources said that the federal environment ministry took the decision as the Sindh Wildlife Department was [...]
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NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

By MO | Published: January 30, 2008
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 [...]
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This madness must end

By MO | Published: November 28, 2007
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 [...]
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Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard

By MO | Published: November 24, 2007
Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard
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KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports

By MO | Published: November 23, 2007
KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports
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Wildlife department destroys turtle parts

By MO | Published: August 28, 2007
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 a week ago some species of turtles were declared ‘endangered species’ by the government and trade [...]
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Ministry certifies turtle parts as ‘dry fish skin’

By MO | Published: August 19, 2007
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 (Minfal) as dry fish skin, it has been reliably learnt. According to sources, the export of turtle [...]
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