Over 7,000 birds set free
SWD teams find unclaimed birds on roof of passenger bus headed to Karachi from Larkana
KARACHI:
Over 7,000 birds were found hidden under caned baskets atop the roof of a passenger bus travelling to the metropolis from Larkana, said officials of the Sindh Wildlife Department on Thursday.
The birds were taken into custody and then released into the wild in a span of few hours.
A passenger coach, named Al-Riaz Coach, was intercepted by a SWD raid party acting on a tip-off near the Punjab Bus Stand in Sohrab Goth area.
Upon finding dozens of caned baskets on the vehicle’s roof and thousands of wild birds, common sparrows, mynas and nightingales - bulbul in the common parlance - the SWD teams questioned the passengers and the coach driver. But no one came forth to claim ownership of the birds.