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Extinction Trade: Endangered animals are the new blood diamonds as militias and warlords use poaching to fund death.

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NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

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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Crippling our coastal lifeline

Najma Sadeque in DAWN: If fish and other marine life could speak their minds, they would condemn humans as the dirtiest life forms on earth and a threat to all life – notwithstanding claims to ‘civilisation’. They wouldn’t be far … Continue reading 

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Zoo needs healthy gene pool

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Poachers refuse to part with game

Bhagwandas in DAWN: KARACHI, Oct 23: The four influential men who were on Sunday booked by the provincial wildlife department for poaching refused to part with the carcasses of the poached birds, it emerged on Tuesday. They were caught poaching … Continue reading 

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Survey for breeding urial in Salt Range

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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 … Continue reading 

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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 … Continue reading 

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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 … Continue reading 

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Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve

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