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Sentient Beings

Posted on May 24, 2010 by MO

  All creatures on earth are sentient beings. There is not an animal on earth, nor a bird that flies on its wings – but they are communities like you.  The Quran 6:38 Swiss animal rights lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, recently … Continue reading →

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Caged and killed

Posted on May 7, 2010 by MO

The Friday, May 7, DAWN has a letter to the editor about innocent caged birds being sold at traffic signals across Karachi: COMING to M.A. Jinnah Road from Electronic Market road, one finds bird sellers (mostly selling sparrows) caged and … Continue reading →

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Workshop at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.

Posted on March 20, 2009 by MO | Leave a comment

Read an article by Benazir Shah about rabies in Pakistan.

Posted on August 12, 2008 by MO | Leave a comment

A sport that thrills but kills

Posted on June 18, 2007 by MO

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. … Continue reading →

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Killing of stray dogs in Karachi

Posted on June 13, 2007 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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Bear Baiting in Pakistan

Posted on May 31, 2007 by MO | 1 Comment

Horror film about ‘Dancing Bears’ banned by Pakistan TV

Posted on May 30, 2007 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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The Pakistan Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890

Posted on May 2, 2007 by MO

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 … Continue reading →

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