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KARACHI: Traders protest against city govt’s animal vaccination drive

Posted on March 6, 2008 by MO | Leave a comment

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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Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders

Posted on November 27, 2007 by MO | 1 Comment

Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard

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

Poaching lessons

Posted on October 26, 2007 by MO

Editorial in DAWN: PAKISTAN needs to study the case of Salman Khan. The Indian actor was arrested and charged with seven years’ imprisonment for hunting the black buck, a serious criminal offence in India. His case has shown that no … Continue reading →

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Markhor, ibex hunting permits auctioned

Posted on October 26, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

Wildlife act undergoes amendments

Posted on October 10, 2007 by MO

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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Canned hunting park planned near Sukker

Posted on September 16, 2007 by MO

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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World Rabies Day

Posted on September 9, 2007 by MO

Killing dogs is not the solution! Karachi – Successive city governments in Karachi have over the decades been killing stray dogs by strychnine poisoning and shooting with guns. They have even involved the general public in this from time to … Continue reading →

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