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‘Protected’ animals being used for public entertainment

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KARACHI: A number of animals protected under the provincial wildlife law have been on display for ‘public entertainment’ at a family festival in Gulistan-i-Jauhar for the past two weeks, it emerged on Wednesday. Located near Jauhar Chowrangi, the festival held in an open ground also features joyrides and different fun activities for children. Locked up […]


220 CAPTIVE-BRED HOUBARA BUSTARDS WILL BE RELEASED IN PUNJAB

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Houbara Foundation International Pakistan will soon release 220 Houbara bustards bred in Abu Dhabi. These birds are from the blood-line of Pakistan’s resident species and are being donated by the International Fund for Houbara Conservation based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to augment Pakistan’s current population of the species in the wild. It was decided in […]


Mitigating vulnerability: Official advocates collective, participatory approach

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ISLAMABAD: A top climate change ministry has stressed the need for increasing forest cover through participatory approach to tackle climate change impacts on vulnerable communities. “Increasing area under forest cover is one effective way to reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate change-induced catastrophes, particularly floods, soil erosion and landslides from heavy rains, droughts, desertification, storm […]


Protect our species: SHC orders authorities to stop illegal hunting of houbara bustard in Sujawal

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the provincial forest and wildlife departments to stop the illegal hunting of endangered species of birds, including the houbara bustard, falcons and ducks, in district Sujawal. Headed by SHC Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, the division bench passed this direction while hearing a petition against illegal hunting […]


27 RARE HOUBARA BUSTARDS RECOVERED FROM DERA BUGTI

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Police personnel on Saturday recovered as many as 27 rare houbara bustards from Dera Bugti. According to details, on a tipoff, the security men raided the Sui Road area and foiled an attempt of smuggling the birds to Punjab. According to police, there is no department of wildlife in the district while the Quetta office […]


Govt officials caught poaching partridges

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Five people, including a secretary of the Regional Transport Authority and the officer in charge of the Liaquatpur Wildlife Department, were arrested in Cholistan on Sunday for poaching partridges. They were also fined Rs78,000. Wildlife Department Rahim Yar Khan District Officer Mujahid Kaleem told reporters that he had received a complaint that Bahawalpur RTA Secretary […]


Wildlife DG seeks revision of game reserves boundaries

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LAHORE: Wildlife Department Director General Khalid Ayaz Khan said on Tuesday that climate change was impacting the natural habitat of the wildlife in the country. He said there was a need for revising the boundaries of game reserves accordingly. He was speaking at the first hunters’ seminar arranged by the Wildlife Department to facilitate licensed […]


IUCN, Baanhn Beli dive into project to save vultures

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KARACHI: When top officials of the Sindh wildlife, environment and livestock departments are not serious about undertaking projects to save species going extinct, there is little hope for organisations working in the field. The secretary of the ministry of climate change, Arif Ahmed Khan, admitted that there is a lack of committment on the government’s […]