Tag Archives: Sindh-Wildlife-Department

Licence to kill

By MO | Published: December 24, 2009
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 bustard, an endangered migratory bird that is ostensibly protected under Pakistani and international law. However, it [...]
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The state of our civilisation

By MO | Published: December 25, 2008
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 Park, where for two years she was kept in a turkey cage, to the Korangi-Landhi zoo [...]
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KARACHI: Fishing cats, pelican to be released shortly

By MO | Published: October 18, 2008
Article by Bhagwandas in Dawn about the confiscated fishing cats in Karachi
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Fishing Cat escapes in Seaview, Karachi

By MO | Published: October 14, 2008
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 lion had escaped and was roaming around Seaview. Lion? I thought, how was that possible?
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Confiscated wild cats, pelican shifted to zoo

By MO | Published: October 11, 2008
Endangered fishing cats confiscated from seaview, Karachi.
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KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports

By MO | Published: November 23, 2007
KARACHI: Wildlife officials unaware of illegal animal imports
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Zoo needs healthy gene pool

By MO | Published: November 12, 2007
Zoo needs healthy gene pool
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Lions smuggled in under official nose

By MO | Published: November 7, 2007
Lions smuggled in under official nose
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Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve

By MO | Published: September 12, 2007
Exploration firm told to halt work in reserve
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Army-run gas firm violates wildlife, environment laws

By MO | Published: June 18, 2007
Bhagwandas in DAWN: KARACHI, June 16: The Mari Gas Company Limited (MGCL), owned by the army-operated Fauji Foundation, has been accused of conducting exploratory activities in protected wildlife areas, Dawn has learnt. The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) claim that the mandatory permission and no-objection certificates have not been obtained from [...]
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