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City Landmarks – Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital

Report by Karachiwalla.com: Who was Richmond Crawford? Who was Lady Nanette Constantine? What is PAWS? Well, all of them have one thing in common. They were/are fond of animals and represent different generations which carried the flag for our ‘agreeable … Continue reading

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Veterinary Doctors in Pakistan

This is a list of a few established veterinary doctors in Pakistan.

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Key to rabies control lies in neutering dogs

Faiza Ilyas in DAWN: KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government kills 72,000 to 75,000 stray dogs a year but does not invest in promoting or facilitating methods to neuter animals, which is a sustainable and humane method of controlling the … Continue reading

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Slaughter at Lahore Zoo

Editorial in DAWN: THERE is no point in suspending Lahore zoo’s gatekeeper for Monday’s incident in which two stray dogs got into a cage and killed 28 peacocks. It is unfair to expect a lone person to be responsible for … Continue reading

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Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital

Letter in DAWN: APROPOS of H. A. Hajis reminiscences of Karachi (April 3) and his recollections of the Richmond Crawford Hospital, I too have very good memories of this great veterinary institution, a landmark of Karachi. Tremendous help was rendered … Continue reading

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Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital

Letter in DAWN: Sunday’s column informs that Karachi’s oldest government Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital on M.A. Jinnah Road is soon to disappear. The service book of my grandfather, Khan Bahadur Dr S.G. Haji, has entries that he was “veterinary officer” … Continue reading

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Hope springs eternal…

Cowasjee in DAWN: Last week I touched on the subject of the impending destruction of what remains of Jehangir Park (Behram Bagh) in Karachi’s Saddar area and of the closure of the city’s only animal hospital, the Richmond Crawford on … Continue reading

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Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital

Cowasjee in DAWN: The founders and makers of both India and Pakistan recognized animals as being God’s creations and they cared for them. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi famously said that the level of a country’s civilization can be gauged by the … Continue reading

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