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Leopard’s plight fails to move city govt

Faiza Ilyas in DAWN: KARACHI, Jan 4: The city government is yet to take any steps to alleviate the suffering of the lone female leopard kept in unnatural conditions in the CDGK’s Korangi-Landhi zoo and being ‘targeted’ by visitors for … Continue reading 

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Are zoos really necessary?

Guess post by Syed Rizvi, Founder/President of Engineers and Scientists for Animal Rights A recent editorial on the topic of zoos and conservation in Dawn of November 17 is an admirable step toward bringing the animal issue to the lime … Continue reading 

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Rethinking Zoos

The Wednesday, December 31, DAWN has a wonderful editorial about the poor state of zoos in Pakistan. Kudos to the paper for having the courage to say it like it is: that we do not need zoos in our country, … Continue reading 

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The state of our civilisation

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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KARACHI: Zoo loses a pony, another is ill

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Marghazar Zoo to have new features

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Puma pair added to Lahore zoo

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Lahore Zoo elephant adopted

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Zoo needs healthy gene pool

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Wildlife act undergoes amendments

Shoaib Ahmed in DAWN: LAHORE, Oct 9: Certain amendments have been made to the Punjab Wildlife’s Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act 1974 through a bill submitted in the Punjab Assembly recently, wildlife officials told Dawn on Tuesday. Under the … Continue reading 

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