Article by Bhagwandas in Dawn about the confiscated fishing cats in Karachi
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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? Continue reading ‘Fishing Cat escapes in Seaview, Karachi’
Endangered fishing cats confiscated from seaview, Karachi.
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 them.
More here.
The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) are two of the seven species of sea turtles in the world that nest at the beaches of Pakistan every year. This documentary was produced and aired by Geo TV in December 2006, the Year of the Turtle, and has been uploaded here with their permission.
Bhagwandas in DAWN:
KARACHI, May 27: Two Indus blind dolphins that had strayed away in canals originating from the Sukkur Barrage were rescued and relocated to their habitat in the Indus River during the season 2006-7.
According to sources, the dolphins were caught from the Mirwah and Rohri canals, which originate from the Sukkur Barrage, in a rescue operation carried out jointly by the Sindh Wildlife Department and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The creatures were relocated to the dolphin reserve located between the Guddu and Sukkur Barrages during August 2006 and March 2007.
More here.
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