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Survey for breeding urial in Salt Range

Survey for breeding urial in Salt Range

Wildlife act undergoes amendments

Shoaib Ahmed in DAWN:

LAHORE, Oct 9: Certain amendments have been made to the Punjab Wildlife’s Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act 1974 through a bill submitted in the Punjab Assembly recently, wildlife officials told Dawn on Tuesday. Under the amended act, officials said, now private parties could also set up wildlife breeding farms, wildlife parks and zoological gardens.

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Body parts of turtles seized; five arrested

Report in DAWN:

PESHAWAR, Sept 19: The wildlife department seized body parts of turtles, weighing up to 300kg, during a pre-dawn raid at a house in Aman Gar area of Nowshera district on Wednesday. The seized turtles were being taken to down-country for onward transportation abroad, said chief conservator Dr Mumtaz Malik while talking to APP.

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Canned hunting park planned near Sukker

In a bid to remove dacoits from Shalo Belo near Sukker, the Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism, Rauf Siddiqui, is planning a safari park where hunting will be one of the many facilities offered to the country’s recreation starved public. According to a report in DAWN,

It is the present government’s idea to provide maximum possible recreational spots to public.

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Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve

Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve

Wildlife department destroys turtle parts

Sadia Qasim Shah in DAWN:

Dried Turtle PartsPESHAWAR, 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 and possession of turtles was made illegal.

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Status of the Eurasian Wild Boar in Pakistan

Status of the Eurasian Wild Boar in Pakistan

Ministry certifies turtle parts as ‘dry fish skin’

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 parts is banned under the country’s laws as the turtles have been declared endangered species under international conservation laws, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

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Zoos - New York Public Radio Podcast

Zoos - New York Public Radio Podcast

The right and wrong ways to zoo it

The right and wrong ways to zoo it