Karachi zoo management ordered to ensure welfare of animals
Karachi
March 8, 2021
Sindh’s forest minister on Sunday ordered the management of the Karachi Zoological Gardens to take every step for the welfare of animals, giving their health, housing and hygiene top priority.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Wildlife Bangul Khan Mahar were on a visit to the Karachi zoo, where they were briefed by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation administrator and the zoo director.
Shah informed the media on the occasion that in view of the increasing population and the growing needs of this important sector, the provincial government will help build a bigger safari park spread over thousands of acres in accordance with modern standards, with larger and more appropriate areas for animals.
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Syed Nasir Hussain Shah. PHOTO: Syed Nasir Hussain Shah
KARACHI:
Sindh Forest Minister Nasir Hussain Shah underscored on Sunday the importance of Karachi Zoological Gardens, called attention to problems faced by the zoo and offered assistance for establishing a larger safari park to house animals.
The minister, along with special assistant to the Sindh chief minister on wildlife Bangul Khan Mahar, was visiting the zoo, where he was briefed by the Karachi administrator and Karachi Zoological Gardens director.
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