Pakistan Wild Life

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Can we visit national parks?

 

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Can we visit national parks?

Yes, no hunting.

 

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Yes, no hunting.

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https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/national-parks-of-pakistan.428915/

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Hope in Cholistan as houbara chicks hatch

Bhagwandas
April 08, 2020

Houbara bustard hatchlings.


KARACHI: Amid all gloom and doom due to the coronavirus pandemic, some good news has come from the wildlife conservation in Cholistan desert where three chicks of a rare species of captive bred houbara bustard have hatched.

The birds of Pakistani bloodline were bred by a United Arab Emirates-based organisation and released by it in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation in the southern Punjab desert last year.

At least some of the released birds, it seems, have survived the harsh conditions of Cholistan, laid the eggs which hatched giving hope that the birds have settled for breeding, indicating their liking for Pakistani desert temperature and food.

Responding to queries, chief of the Pakistani NGO, Houbara Foundation (HF), retired Brigadier Mukhtar Ahmed said that the birds of the bloodline of Pakistan’s resident population in Nag Valley (Balochistan) were bred in captivity by the UAE-based International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) and were brought in here last year. He said both organisations had released those birds in Cholistan desert.

The bustards were released into the desert last year

He said that transmitters were put on some of the released houbaras to monitor their locations and see if they stayed back, or travelled to central Asia along with the migratory houbara population. The transmitter-fitted houbaras’ movement is monitored through satellites by the IFHC.

Brig Ahmed said that some time back the IFHC informed the HF about the locations where some of the released houbaras were staying for many hours. Acting on the information, he added, survey teams of the HF were sent to those locations where they found the female birds brooding the eggs.

He said that the teams equipped with high-powered binoculars kept a vigil from a distance so as not to disturb the bird, which is very shy and sensing any threat would abandon the nest/eggs. In due time, the teams that had found the eggs also spotted the hatched chicks.

Since the birds belonged to the Nag Valley houbara population, he expressed the hope that as the situation improved in Balochistan the birds would be released there as well so that it could augment the resident population.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2020

 

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Baby Markhor from Chitral Gol National Park ️
Credit,Zahran CR

National animal of Pakistan from Chitral Gol National Park
Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
Credit,Zahran

Concentrate on plants/habitat while travelling. Every part of Pakistan has to offer something beautiful and different.
Spotted Owlet somewhere in Salt Range of Punjab ️
Credit,Zahran CR

White throated Kingfisher from the capital of Pakistan ️



Chukar !
Upper Hunza Valley ️

 

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Documentary | Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Restoration Program 2020, is a joint effort between the Wildlife Department, Volunteers, Wildlife experts, Desert Rangers, Game Reserves, Police and Civil Administration, with resolute support from the Pakistan Army. This program was launched to systematically conserve wildlife by restoring their natural habitat as well as game reserve management with the assistance of local volunteers and communities.

We shared this documentary for public awareness.

 

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Pair of leopard cubs rescued in Orakzai

Cubs came down from the hills due to the continuous intrusion by humans into their habitat

July 24, 2020

ORAKZAI: Two leopard cubs were rescued by the wildlife department officials in Orakzai district on Thursday.

The Kohat district wildlife department officials told The Express Tribune that they were tipped off by locals about the presence of two leopard cubs in the area who had strayed into human settlements. At this, wildlife officials immediately rushed to Kalaya, the main town in Orkazai district to rescue the cubs.

Officials said that the cubs had come down from the hills due to the continuous intrusion by humans into their habitat, they added.

They added that the cubs were being shifted to a shelter so that they are not harmed by locals. They added that the cubs, one male and one female, will be treated by a medical team at its facility in the DI Khan district.

They further said that the cubs will be released into the wild after some time since they are not mature enough to survive on their own.

In the past few months, at least three leopards have been killed in different parts of the province.

Locals had shot and killed a leopard in the Zerran village of Kurram district last week after it attacked and injured a pack of hunting dogs.

In January this year, a leopard was shot dead in Sarbanda village of Matta tehsil, Swat after it attacked and injured two villagers.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2020.

 

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A beautiful view of Ruhi Cholistan

 

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Mother this world is very cruel with whom I used to play
Not a single one of them left.
Mother, we are being genocide. Nobody will be left like this, neither you nor me ۔۔۔۔

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Marcopolo Sheep at Shimshal Valley
With 6.2 feet long Horn

 

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