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.
SWD sets free two hawks
Eight hawks seized by the police and SWD teams around two months ago
KARACHI:
Two out of eight hawks confiscated during an operation in Mowach Goth two months ago were set free at the Sufi Anwer Shah Safari Park by the Sindh Wildlife Department on Friday.
According to SWD Chief Conservator Javed Ahmed Mahar, eight hawks were seized by the police and SWD teams around two months ago. Obstructing a smuggling bid, the police had stopped a car at a check post in Mowach Goth around two months ago and informed the SWD of the presence of eight caged hawks.