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PAWS aims to create a more just and equitable relationship between humans and animals in Pakistan.
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It’s a dog’s life
Read an article by Benazir Shah about rabies in Pakistan.
A sport that thrills but kills
Malik Tahseen Raza in DAWN:
MUZAFFARGARH, June 17: Cricket is often described here as a national passion but in some parts of Muzaffargarh, cockerel fight has over the years become much more than a favourite pastime, a local wrestle mania.
It is the sport at the local circuit that draws hundreds of spectators. April and May are [...]
Killing of stray dogs in Karachi
The Monday, June 11 2007, edition of Pakistan’s leading English daily newspaper DAWN has news of the Liaquatabad Town Administration killing 167 dogs in their jurisdiction in Karachi. According to the news item, the sanitation department is encouraging residents to inform them about stray dogs in their area so that they can come to [...]
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Bear Baiting in Pakistan
Bear Baiting in Pakistan
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Horror film about ‘Dancing Bears’ banned by Pakistan TV
Eye-Opening Scenes Depicting Mutilation and Abuse Deemed Too Gruesome
Islamabad – A provocative new public service announcement (PSA) which aims to educate people about the plight of Pakistan’s dancing bears has been banned by Pakistan Television Corp. In a bid to expose viewers to the horrific mutilations and abuse that dancing bears endure, People for the [...]
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The Pakistan Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1890
1ACT No. XI of 1890 (21st March 1890)
(As modified up to the 15th December, 1937)
AN ACT for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Title, extent and commencement, and super-session of other enactments
WHEREAS it is expedient to make further provision for the prevention of cruelty to animals. It is hereby [...]
Workshop stresses prevention of cruelty to animals