Tag: Zoo

Four lion cubs born three days ago at Karachi zoo died here on Friday. According to a private TV, the newborn lions lost their...

“Run! The beast is out of the cage!” how these shouts will have affected a crowd of hundreds of people? A similar situation was...

The Lahore Zoo, a leading recreational venue in the metropolitan, has topped in attracting a massive rush of people during the last two weeks....

Animals in the Lahore Zoo are suffering as the food contractors’ bills have not been paid for one and a half months now. Sources...

In recognition of the World Environment Day, the Lahore Zoo management has planned to organise an event on June 04, 2011. Acting Zoo Director...

This is the dramatic moment armed police stepped in to neutralise a tiger who had escaped from his enclosure at a packed Chinese zoo. Thankfully...

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has not so far released the funds approved by in 2007 for upgrading Marghzar Zoo, owing to which the...

KARACHI - The city administrator wants the district officer (zoo and aquarium) to recommend ways to develop the Karachi Zoo into a "model zoo and a modern recreational point" Karachi Administrator Fazlur Rehman, during a visit to the Karachi Zoo on Wednesday along with Coordinator Rasheed Jamal and Media Management Director Bashir Saddozai, said that adequate amount will be allocated in the next budget for the development of the Karachi Zoo, while directing the district zoo officer to

LAHORE - Two veterinarian officers, who work at the Lahore Zoo, have demanded that they be regularized like all other officers of the Zoo management. Dr Saman Bhatti and Dr Zeb Mahal told Pakistan Today that they have been under a lot of constant stress thanks to work load without much help and their salary packages and promotions have suffered because they were not regularised along with rest of the staff. "It is strange as to why we were the only ones left on contract, even though

PESHAWAR - An international standard zoo would be set upon 50 acres in the Regi Lalma Town, Peshawar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Ameer Haider Khan Hoti approved recommendations of the committee formed to identify suitable location for the proposed zoo at his office on Saturday. Provincial Environment Secretary Zahoor Khalil, Peshawar Commissioner Akbar Khan, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) Director General (DG) Qazi Laeeq, Chief Minister's Secretary Tariq Jamil and

LAHORE - Lahore Zoo Director Muhammad Iqbal Khalid, who was removed about a week ago from his post and was replaced by the Lahore Zoo Deputy Director Dr Zahid Bhatti, is accused of sexually harassing a female member of the lower staff. The incident was put down by many as the reason for his removal. The victim, a female guard requesting anonymity, told Pakistan Today that she and many other members of the zoo staff had to tolerate the 'harsh' behaviour of Khalid, who they said was too

KARACHI - Despite the passage of more than two weeks since four lions were seized at the Karachi airport and shifted to the Karachi zoo, the provincial wildlife authority has still not made the final decision on the fate of these animals.
Osaka Traders owner Irfan Ahmed, who imported these lions from South Africa, claims that the Karachi zoo authorities have stopped feeding the animals, as they do not have sufficient funds.
"The four lions eat around 50 kg meat everyday