Urial hunters fined Rs0.5 million
He said hunting of urial was banned...
Earlier around a month ago, the department had captured some people and recovered at least seven urial in two different raids in the Salt Range area...
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PakistanPolicemen caught with Urial fawns
CHAKWAL: Two police officials from Jhelum police were caught by a team from the Jhelum district’s wildlife department with an official police vehicle carrying six Punjabi Urial fawns – an endangered species – meant for a judge, officials told Dawn on Wednesday...
When the officials searched the vehicle, they found six Urial fawns – three females and three males – in the custody of Mr Ilyas, who was police uniform, the official...
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ArchiveUrial on ‘verge of extinction’ in Khushab
SARGODHA: The population of urial in Khushab district is at the brink of extinction as reportedly only about 150 animals have survived in the mountains of the district, mainly in the Soon Valley in the north west of the district...
The ruins of a rest house in Sodi Jaiwal, at the foothills of the mountains, surrounded by a thick forest, reminds one of the days when it was used as a hunting lodge by Ayub Khan and Nawab of Kalabagh, the...
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ArchiveEndangered eagle hatched in captivity
MANILA: A Philippine eagle chick has been hatched in captivity, conservationists said on Thursday, boosting the critically-endangered species’ fight against extinction...
The Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists the species as “critically endangered”, due to hunting and the depletion of its tropical rainforest habitat...
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ArchiveSix endangered falcons recovered from DHA flat
All species of falcons are endangered and protected under the provincial law...
“While some species of falcons are hunted in Pakistan during their winter stay in the country, these birds are also captured in Afghanistan, brought to Sindh via Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and then smuggled out to the Middle Eastern countries such as Dubai,” Mr Soomro explained, highlighting efforts of his department in detaining traffickers...
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ArchiveUnesco puts Hebron on endangered list, angers Israel
WARSAW: Unesco on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a new spat with the Palestinians at the international body...
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PakistanProposal to declare fort, Shalamar Gardens endangered: activists
According to the activists, in its draft decision by technical experts, which was now up for vote for formalisation in the committee on July 17, the body regretted that Pakistan had not complied with its guidelines, and questioned the basis of official conclusion that the project would not threaten these heritage sites...
The decision of the committee, shared by the Pakistan chapter of International Council on Monuments and Sites...
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ArchiveWorld’s most endangered species
To protect and save these endangered creatures, “World Endangered Species Day” is celebrated each year on the third Friday of May, by animal welfare organisations...
Let’s check that out today, so here is an introduction of some endangered species...
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ArchiveRare birth of endangered hairy-nosed wombat in Australia
The population of one of the world’s rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat joey, Australian wildlife officials said on Wednesday...
The arrival of the furry marsupial comes as a conservation programme to save the animal — which numbers just 250 in the wild — gathers steam -
PakistanRangers' powers: 'Will side with institutions if democracy endangered', says MQM's Waseem Akhtar
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) mayoral candidate for Karachi Waseem Akhtar, while referring to the issue of extension of the Rangers' stay in Sindh, said he would side with democratic institutions if the situation turned to one where democracy was endangered...
He called for the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali to take action under Article 140 A of the Constitution and devolve powers to local government...
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ArchiveEndangered white rhino dies at San Diego zoo
SAN DIEGO: One of only four northern white rhinos believed left in the world died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park...
Nola, a 41-year-old female who has been at the park since 1989, was euthanised after her health took a turn for the worse, a zoo statement said -
SportRavindra Jadeja in trouble for clicking pictures with endangered lions
AHMEDABAD: Forestry officials in western India have ordered an inquiry after cricketer Ravindra Jadeja posted several photos on social media of him and his wife posing with endangered Asiatic lions...
The Asiatic lion was listed as endangered in 2008, up from being classified as critically endangered in 2000, after numbers improved in the forest...
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ArchivePrivate sector steps in to save ‘endangered’ official record
In November last year, almost 100 files belonging to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan’s (Drap) pricing and evaluation wing went missing...
Such companies also operate in Pakistan, however, government institutions are reluctant to hand over their records to private companies...
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PakistanCritically endangered sawfish caught and sold in Gwadar
Karachi: A very rare fish recently caught by fishermen off the coast of Gwadar in Balochistan was sold for Rs26,000, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) officials said on Monday...
Listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sawfish is also included in Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prohibits trade in those species... ...
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ArchiveThe endangered Kalash
It is an integral part of the pluralist society that Pakistan is, and must always remain so, and its culture must be protected against all possible attacks, for it is a most valuable part of the Pakistani people’s heritage...
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