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After Years of Protests, the Islamabad Zoo Will Convert Into an Animal Sanctuary
A happy ending for 2020, a year when Pakistanis debated animal abuse like never before
The Islamabad Zoo, long a source of complaints from Pakistani animal activists, is officially closing down and converting into an animal conservation centre, city officials announced on December 8.
In May, the Islamabad High Court ordered all of its 878 animals to be relocated to conservation centres. The court also ordered that the zoo’s management be handed over from the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) to Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), on whose recommendation the Ministry of Climate Change decided to convert the 82-acre space into a wildlife conservation centre.
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Kaavan, the loneliest elephant in the world was rescued by singer Cher (AFP via Getty Images)
L
ike an abandoned prison or asylum, the overgrown grounds of the now-shuttered Marghazar Zoo are filled with ghosts, and their rusting, barred enclosures hold sad clues to the neglect and mistreatment its inhabitants endured.
The most haunting site is the scarred concrete hangar where Kaavan the Asian elephant – the zoo’s main attraction – spent years in isolation, often immobilised by leg chains, rocking back and forth for hours. A heavy ring is still bolted to the floor, surrounded by brown husks of the sugar cane that was his only diet.
National
December 26, 2020
PESHAWAR: The management of the Peshawar Zoo expects to receive next week the report of the samples of the giraffe which had died at the facility recently.
Acting Director of the zoo, Ishtiaq Wazir, said on Friday the zoo management has not yet submitted the autopsy report to the Wildlife Department. He said though the internal report had confirmed that it was an infection that led to the death of the animal, the results of the samples were sent to the laboratories in Peshawar and Islamabad to determine the exact cause of the infection.
The official said the remaining two giraffes were in good health. However, he said the caretakers could not get any clue to their illness from appearance. He said the remaining two giraffes were female and the Zoo management would bring a male for them in the future.
Peshawar Zoo to receive report on giraffe death cause next week
National
December 26, 2020
PESHAWAR: The management of the Peshawar Zoo expects to receive next week the report of the samples of the giraffe which had died at the facility recently.
Acting Director of the zoo, Ishtiaq Wazir, said on Friday the zoo management has not yet submitted the autopsy report to the Wildlife Department.
He said though the internal report had confirmed that it was an infection that led to the death of the animal, the results of the samples were sent to the laboratories in Peshawar and Islamabad to determine the exact cause of the infection. The official said the remaining two giraffes were in good health. However, he said the caretakers could not get any clue to their illness from appearance.