Tag Archives: Sindh-Wildlife-Department

Whale shark chopped; meat carted away, sold for a song

Posted on July 9, 2010 by MO

Faiza Ilyas in DAWN: KARACHI: The whale shark that had died after becoming entangled in a net cast off the Hawkesbay beach was chopped on Tuesday morning and taken away for use in poultry feed as Sindh Wildlife Department staff … Continue reading →

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Licence to kill

Posted on December 24, 2009 by MO

Editorial in Dawn: IT seemed that sanity would prevail this year but the end result was quite the opposite. It was earlier reported that no special permits had been awarded this time round for the annual slaughter of the houbara … Continue reading →

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The state of our civilisation

Posted on December 25, 2008 by MO

Cowasjee in DAWN: Full marks to Faiza Ilyas and to the Metropolitan section of Dawn for printing as its lead story on Dec 15 the most depressing and sad tale of the leopard transferred earlier this month from the Safari … Continue reading →

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Article by Bhagwandas in Dawn about the confiscated fishing cats in Karachi

Posted on October 18, 2008 by MO | 2 Comments

Fishing Cat escapes in Seaview, Karachi

Posted on October 14, 2008 by MO

Guest post by Patricia Hillfram Mirza, a resident of Seaview, Karachi. As I was about to start my daily chores on the morning of Thursday, October 10, I was interrupted by my wildly anxious maid who informed me that a … Continue reading →

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Endangered fishing cats confiscated from seaview, Karachi.

Posted on October 11, 2008 by MO | 1 Comment

KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports

Posted on November 23, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

Zoo needs healthy gene pool

Posted on November 12, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

Lions smuggled in under official nose

Posted on November 7, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment

Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve

Posted on September 12, 2007 by MO | Leave a comment