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

By MO | Published: March 6, 2008
KARACHI: Traders protest against city govt’s animal vaccination drive
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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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Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders

By MO | Published: November 27, 2007
Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders
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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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Poaching lessons

By MO | Published: October 26, 2007
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 matter how popular or influential a person is, he/she is not above the law. This message [...]
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Markhor, ibex hunting permits auctioned

By MO | Published: October 26, 2007
Markhor, ibex hunting permits auctioned
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Wildlife act undergoes amendments

By MO | Published: October 10, 2007
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 [...]
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Canned hunting park planned near Sukker

By MO | Published: September 16, 2007
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 [...]
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World Rabies Day

By MO | Published: September 9, 2007
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 time by offering cash as reward for every dog killed. What they fail to comprehend is [...]
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