The Marghazar Zoo of the federal capital has regained its customers as the resident male elephant called Kavan, previously an aggressive and antisocial animal, has become people-friendly of late. Kavan is people-friendly now. “He allows people to take photos with him and ride him now." Bilal, the mahout told APP. Bilal revealed that mahouts are responsible for taming the animals and if an animal is people-friendly, it benefits the mahouts who mint moneny from the visitors while arranging photos sessions and rides for children. The zoo has los More>>>

Sindh Wildlife Department Wants Custody of Pythons and Trafficker

The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) has asked the Pakistan Customs to hand it over a consignment of 31 pythons it had confiscated which was handed over to the Karachi Zoological Gardens, without following laid down procedure and relevant rules. SWD also wanted custody of traffickers who brought the pythons from the United States without proper documentation so that it could take legal action against him. According to highly placed sources, the Zoo Chief first refused to accept these reptiles and insisted these More>>>

Forests Shrinking in Pakistan

Forest cover in Pakistan, particularly in the Sindh, has been shrinking at an alarming rate since 1947, Sindh had at least 80 forests right from Kashmore to Karachi, spreading over an area of 500 square miles on both sides of the River Indus presently More>>>

Chitralis Demand Authority on Forest

Forest royalty holders from District Chitral have expressed concerns over the unnecessary delay in royalty payments, demanding for immediate issuance of the royalty withheld by the Forest Development     Corporation for last several months. Addressing a press conference, the Chairman Joint Forest Management Committee Network, (JFMC-Network), Maj. (Retd) Ahmad Saad said that the Forest Development Corporation (FDC) has yet to be issued royalty payments in forest areas in district Chitral. He said that the delaying tactics were being More>>>

Deep down Swat’s security crisis lays an opportunity for local tourism sector as foreigners, who ‘gravitate’ for spiritual reasons to challenging situations, can be attracted to Buddhist sites. This was disclosed by a foreign-funded More>>>

Dog fights: A Cruel Practice Goes Unchecked

With the arrival of “Chaiter”, a period from Mid March to Mid April in the Punjabi calendar, known for a month of sprouting flowers and leaves, is    unfortunately also associated with “dog fights in Pakistan.” Even though   animal fighting is prohibited by the law of the land; but in the rural areas the practice of camel, dog, quail and cock fighting goes unabated. These days the fight of dogs is in full swing in the Punjab. Chakwal district is one example where every day, a dog fight is organized.  A dog fight was organized in Mehro Pilo and Doray villages. All of this More>>>

Call to Establish Wheat Rocurement Centres

At its meeting presided over by Chamber President, Mir Haji Zafarullah Talpure, the SCA said that in the absence of procurement centres, early wheat crop was being transported to other provinces after being bought at less than the government fixed rate. The meeting was told that district Mirpurkhas had different climate conditions than other districts of the province. Here crops were sown and harvested earlier. It was said that new wheat crop had reached the local market after the harvest and traders belonging to other provinces More>>>

Control of Water Pollution Using
Microorganisms

Water pollution is one of the biggest dangers to human health in developing countries, like Pakistan. Many people in Pakistan, especially in rural areas, have poor access to pure and clean water. Thousands of deaths occur due to water borne diseases each year. Water borne disease including, typhoid,    cholera, diarrhea, intestinal diseases, hepatitis, malaria and dengue are      common in Pakistan. In rural areas major sources of water pollution remains organic sources, like human and animal waste, while in urban areas organic and the industrial wastes are the major contributor to water More>>>

RWWF-P Rescued Himalayan Lynx from Chitral

WWF-Pakistan succeeded in capturing a Lynx which injured two children and several cattle in Chuenj village of Chitral, Pakistan. According to Mr. Shafiqullah Khan, Field Biologist, associated with the WWF-Pakistan, More>>>

Arsenic and Lead Poisoning: ‘Silent Epidemics’ in Sindh

Arsenic and lead poisoning is claiming its toll on human health, and in a silent epidemics in the Sindh province, yet no intervention has been introduced by the government to address the issue. This was expressed More>>>

Pakistan’s First National Climate Change Policy Launched

Disaster-prone Pakistan has launched its first ever national policy on climate change, detailing how it plans to tackle the challenges posed by global warming, mitigate its risks and adapt key sectors of the country's More>>>

Climate Change Threats Agrarian Countries

Global climate change is posing serious threats to agrarian countries despite the facts that majority of these are not the major contributor in global warming. However, these are facing decline in agricultural productivity More>>>

Bear Baiting in South Carolina

Bear baiting (also called bear baying) pits a declawed and defanged bear chained to a stake against hunting dogs that bark and bite at it while hundreds of people watch. Spectators consider this event entertainment and hunters consider this as a training More>>>