Tag Archive for 'hunting'

BATTAGRAM: Black bear cubs recovered, poachers held

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BATTAGRAM: Black bear cubs recovered, poachers held

Amendment to wildlife protection laws sought

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Amendment to wildlife protection laws sought

Cranes are Crying against criminals

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Cranes are Crying against criminals Killing fields for migratory birds in Dera Ghazi Khan.

Extinction Trade

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

NGOs for strict implementation of hunting ban

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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 programme coordinator of Baanh Beli Sultan said at a press conference at the press club that the Wildlife Department should stop issuing permit for houbara hunting to royal dignitaries in the name of hospitality.

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Two held for deer hunting

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Two held for deer hunting

This madness must end

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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 limit’ of 200 birds which means that, at the very minimum, 6,200 houbaras out of the twenty to thirty thousand expected to grace us with their presence this year will be massacred on Pakistani soil. The actual figure will be much higher.

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Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders

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Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders

Poaching lessons

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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 needs to be sent to Pakistan too where, despite well-intentioned laws that prohibit hunting endangered species, or limit the number of game that can be poached, every rule is openly defied - and how.

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Poachers refuse to part with game

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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 in the Kirthar National Park, as partly reported by Dawn on Monday.

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