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PAWS aims to create a more just and equitable relationship between humans and animals in Pakistan.
Tag Archives: stray-dogs
75pc govt hospitals still using obsolete rabies vaccine
Faiza Ilyas in Dawn:
KARACHI, Dec 25: The government and the media have not yet given due priority to rabies that claims thousands of lives every year in the country.
One major reason of this high mortality is the fact that the government has not developed any strategy to address this serious public health issue.
Official apathy can [...]
Concept of animal welfare non-existent in Pakistani society
Andaleeb Rizvi in Daily Times:
KARACHI: Talking about animals, one must be used to the spectacle of undernourished donkeys, horses and camels as well as flea-infested cats and dogs in the city. Also worth mentioning are the illegal animal markets, where animals are kept in dirty, over-crowded and unhygienic conditions.Unfortunately animal welfare is an alien concept [...]
Crows to be killed at Karachi Safari Park
The Karachi Safari Park plans to eradicate all crows in its vicinity by shooting or poisoning. It has done this before in the past to stray dogs as well.
Ahu & Me
A foreign journalist looks for her lost adopted street dog in Islamabad.
Killed like dogs
A letter in The News about the indiscriminate killing of stray dogs in DHA, Karachi.
Perverse Pleasures of the Human Race
Reema at Kufiq.com:
March, Friday the 13th – Lucky for some – unlucky for some – Clearly unlucky for me, friends of Shankar and for Shankar himself or – itself, if you must. May I have the honor to introduce “Shankar” – Shankar was an ordinary mongrel with the heart of an exalted soul. Shankar and [...]
It’s a dog’s life
Read an article by Benazir Shah about rabies in Pakistan.
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Edhi Animal Shelter
Located near the toll plaza just off the superhighway in Karachi, the Edhi Animal Shelter is one of its kind in the country.
How to eradicate canine rabies in 10 years or less
by Merritt Clifton
Originally published in the September 2007 issue of Animal People, a leading independent newspaper providing original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, the following article on eradicating canine rabies has been posted here with permission from the newspaper’s editorial team.
“Rabies could be gone in a decade,” BBC News headlined worldwide on September [...]
Yudisthira’s Dog