KARACHI – Noor Jehan, the African bush elephant, should have been in her prime. She was just a teenager, about 17. But a mysterious incident left her painfully dragging about on her two front legs.
Shopkeepers, who have been doing business at the site for years, say they were given no prior notice of the demolition. They ...
Inviting suggestions to phase out zoos in the entire province, a two-judge SHC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Iqbal ...
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25,000 turtle eggs secured in one month

A remarkable and highly encouraging development has been recorded along Pakistan's coastline this year, as the Sindh Wildlife Department has collected nearly 25,000 green turtle eggs from Karachi's ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal ...
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Pakistan's bears on verge of extinction

A combination of threats, from shrinking habitats and increased human-animal conflict to poaching and environmental degradation, has accelerated the decline of Pakistan's bear population over the past ...
As details of Noor Jehan's neglect came to light, the revelations sparked a national conversation about the neglect and abuse of animals in... The fate of a teenage zoo elephant in Pakistan was tragic ...