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We dont have any thread regarding animals, plants and our environment so lets start it here
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Which of the following species of felines can be domesticated
Your options
1. Lions
2. Tigers
3. Leopards (Black, Snow etc)
4. Jaguars
5. Cheetahs
6. Pumas
7. None
Choose one of the above and remember you can choose only one.
Your options
1. Lions
2. Tigers
3. Leopards (Black, Snow etc)
4. Jaguars
5. Cheetahs
6. Pumas
7. None
Choose one of the above and remember you can choose only one.
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No no no im your LPJ
Paguma Lavarta (or whatever he is) Yar us key illawa bhi koi animals ka fan ho sakta hai ya nahi
btw i am a big Paguma fan for he loves animals alot.
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Atleast we can take an initiative and leave the rest up to PL
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No option for regular billy. I'd post some pics of my little brother, koko, soon.Which of the following species of felines can be domesticated
Your options
1. Lions
2. Tigers
3. Leopards (Black, Snow etc)
4. Jaguars
5. Cheetahs
6. Pumas
7. None
Choose one of the above and remember you can choose only one.
UAE helps track marine turtles in Pakistan using satellite transmitters
In line with its belief in strengthening nation-wide partnerships and sharing of technologies for the benefit of environmental conservation, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), in cooperation with WWF - Pakistan, the country's largest conservation NGO, and the Sindh Wildlife Department, recently installed a satellite transmitter on a marine turtle at the Sandspit, Karachi coast.
Mr. Majid Al-Mansouri, Secretary General of EAD, witnessed the release, which was the second cooperation of its kind, with the first release in Pakistan being organized in 2001. A second transmitter is planned to be installed on another turtle later this week.
The main objective is to monitor the movement patterns of the marine turtle, which is declared an as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Prior to the release, Ali Hassan Habib, Director General of WWF-Pakistan, delivered a key note address. It was followed by a presentation about the NGO's conservation initiatives. Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Marine Environment Research Center (MERC), presented an overview of Abu Dhabi's marine programmes. Also present during the release was Brigadier (Retd.) Mukhtar Ahmed Vice President Emeritus WWF- Pakistan.
Are We Tracking this Turtle?
The transmitter, installed on the turtle's exterior, will help in collecting information about post-nesting migration patterns of the turtles, their foraging area, the time spent for foraging and the resting and distance covered per day. It will also help in collecting information about their biological characteristics and general behavior. These data will help determine what conservation measures need to be implemented to protect marine turtles. Both transmitters were provided by EAD, which also trained WWF - Pakistan's staff on satellite telemetry of marine turtles. In 2001, the data collected showed that the tagged turtles returned back to the nesting habitat to re-nest.
About Marine Turtles
In the UAE
Here in the UAE, EAD has been conducting a sea turtle survey project of nesting habitats in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. The green and hawksbill turtles are the focus of this project, as they are regularly observed in UAE waters. However, the hawksbill is the only species that nests. The survey, which extended from Abu Dhabi City to Al Sila and the offshore islands of the Emirate, has helped EAD develop a strategy for conserving the species.
Hawksbill turtles nest from mid-March to mid-June. The hawksbill turtle, which have so far been recorded to nest only on the islands, will not nest in areas containing heavy debris and litter, on rocky shores, near mangroves or exposed tidal flats. They require clean, sandy beaches to nest.
In Pakistan
Two species nest in Pakistan, they are: Green Turtle and Olive Ridley. Normally, the nesting season of marine turtles along the Pakistan coast begins every year from August until January.
http://www.ameinfo.com/97385.html
In line with its belief in strengthening nation-wide partnerships and sharing of technologies for the benefit of environmental conservation, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), in cooperation with WWF - Pakistan, the country's largest conservation NGO, and the Sindh Wildlife Department, recently installed a satellite transmitter on a marine turtle at the Sandspit, Karachi coast.
- Tuesday, September 26 - 2006 at 09:10
Mr. Majid Al-Mansouri, Secretary General of EAD, witnessed the release, which was the second cooperation of its kind, with the first release in Pakistan being organized in 2001. A second transmitter is planned to be installed on another turtle later this week.
The main objective is to monitor the movement patterns of the marine turtle, which is declared an as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Prior to the release, Ali Hassan Habib, Director General of WWF-Pakistan, delivered a key note address. It was followed by a presentation about the NGO's conservation initiatives. Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director of EAD's Marine Environment Research Center (MERC), presented an overview of Abu Dhabi's marine programmes. Also present during the release was Brigadier (Retd.) Mukhtar Ahmed Vice President Emeritus WWF- Pakistan.
Are We Tracking this Turtle?
The transmitter, installed on the turtle's exterior, will help in collecting information about post-nesting migration patterns of the turtles, their foraging area, the time spent for foraging and the resting and distance covered per day. It will also help in collecting information about their biological characteristics and general behavior. These data will help determine what conservation measures need to be implemented to protect marine turtles. Both transmitters were provided by EAD, which also trained WWF - Pakistan's staff on satellite telemetry of marine turtles. In 2001, the data collected showed that the tagged turtles returned back to the nesting habitat to re-nest.
About Marine Turtles
In the UAE
Here in the UAE, EAD has been conducting a sea turtle survey project of nesting habitats in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. The green and hawksbill turtles are the focus of this project, as they are regularly observed in UAE waters. However, the hawksbill is the only species that nests. The survey, which extended from Abu Dhabi City to Al Sila and the offshore islands of the Emirate, has helped EAD develop a strategy for conserving the species.
Hawksbill turtles nest from mid-March to mid-June. The hawksbill turtle, which have so far been recorded to nest only on the islands, will not nest in areas containing heavy debris and litter, on rocky shores, near mangroves or exposed tidal flats. They require clean, sandy beaches to nest.
In Pakistan
Two species nest in Pakistan, they are: Green Turtle and Olive Ridley. Normally, the nesting season of marine turtles along the Pakistan coast begins every year from August until January.
http://www.ameinfo.com/97385.html
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LEO: The Snow Leopard
The Gilgit office of the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) was notified by a shepherd in the Naltar Valley, Northern Areas (NA) that he was in possession of an orphaned male snow leopard cub. The WWF-P team travelled to the Naltar Valley and brought the cub back to their office for veterinary examination. The cub was estimated to be about seven weeks old at the time and was declared to be in healthy condition.
The Northern Areas Forest and Wildlife Department and the Federal Government were immediately notified about the presence of the cub. The authorities decided to move the cub to a more appropriate facility near the Khunjerab National Park to be cared for by Kamal-ud-din, the supervisor of Wildlife Watchers in the Northern Areas Forest and Wildlife Department. However, with the onset of summer and the resulting increase in temperature, the young animal was taken back to Naltar Valley and has since remained there under Kamal-ud-din’s care. Leo, as the cub has come to be called, is now 13 months old, stands 21 inches tall and weighs about 25 kg. The Government of Pakistan and the Northern Areas Administration have been involved with the snow leopard since its rescue and have provided substantial support and attention to ensure not only the survival of the cub but also the development of a long-term programme for the rehabilitation of future orphaned snow leopards and other foundling animals
Snow leopard cubs born in the wild normally stay with their mothers until the age of about 18 to 22 months, learning all the basic skills necessary for survival in the extreme environment they inhabit. As Leo has been completely dependant on humans since he was about two months old, it was not practical to release him back into the wild. This necessitated looking at other possibilities to ensure his long-term survival. Among the various ideas being floated at the time was a bid to transfer Leo to a zoo in Pakistan and possibly using him in a captive breeding programme. While this idea looked fine on paper the fact remains that zoos in Pakistan lack the scientific expertise and resources to undertake such an effort. Moreover, since the snow leopard is listed on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as an endangered animal, Leo’s case was no longer a national issue but one of global biodiversity conservation.
Consequently, the US Embassy in Islamabad was informed of the cub’s situation and submitted a proposal to the Government of Pakistan suggesting that the snow leopard be loaned for captive breeding to an international facility as part of a long-term conservation and rehabilitation programme. Noting the existence of state-of-the-art snow leopard facilities in the US, namely the world renowned facility at the Bronx Zoo, IUCN Pakistan backed this proposal and worked tirelessly to persuade all parties. Once identified as a potential home for the cub, the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo enthusiastically took on the venture.
Along with WWF-P and the Government of Pakistan, IUCN-P has been financing Leo’s food and shelter costs. For the past seven months, IUCN-P has also been actively facilitating a translocation process of Leo from his range habitat in the Naltar Valley to a simulation of his home at the Bronx Zoo, New York. Since July 30, a team of experts from the Bronx Zoo have been in Pakistan to organize the logistics of ensuring Leo’s safe passage to the United States. This process has also been instrumental in developing and strengthening the relationship between the Government of Pakistan, the Government of the United States of America, Wildlife Conservation Society, and WWF-P, all long-standing members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The United States Embassy in Islamabad has been extremely helpful in ensuring high level support within the United States government for the translocation of the snow leopard as well as in the development of the agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Pakistan.
In an effort to ensure the long-term sustainability of such a move, the agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Pakistan has laid out the need for the development of a rehabilitation facility in Northern Pakistan as well as international training and capacity building for future staff of the facility. The snow leopard remains the property of the Government of Pakistan and will be returned to the Northern Areas Administration upon completion and approval of the rehabilitation facility. Leo is scheduled to leave for New York on August 9, 2006.
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The Gilgit office of the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) was notified by a shepherd in the Naltar Valley, Northern Areas (NA) that he was in possession of an orphaned male snow leopard cub. The WWF-P team travelled to the Naltar Valley and brought the cub back to their office for veterinary examination. The cub was estimated to be about seven weeks old at the time and was declared to be in healthy condition.
The Northern Areas Forest and Wildlife Department and the Federal Government were immediately notified about the presence of the cub. The authorities decided to move the cub to a more appropriate facility near the Khunjerab National Park to be cared for by Kamal-ud-din, the supervisor of Wildlife Watchers in the Northern Areas Forest and Wildlife Department. However, with the onset of summer and the resulting increase in temperature, the young animal was taken back to Naltar Valley and has since remained there under Kamal-ud-din’s care. Leo, as the cub has come to be called, is now 13 months old, stands 21 inches tall and weighs about 25 kg. The Government of Pakistan and the Northern Areas Administration have been involved with the snow leopard since its rescue and have provided substantial support and attention to ensure not only the survival of the cub but also the development of a long-term programme for the rehabilitation of future orphaned snow leopards and other foundling animals
Snow leopard cubs born in the wild normally stay with their mothers until the age of about 18 to 22 months, learning all the basic skills necessary for survival in the extreme environment they inhabit. As Leo has been completely dependant on humans since he was about two months old, it was not practical to release him back into the wild. This necessitated looking at other possibilities to ensure his long-term survival. Among the various ideas being floated at the time was a bid to transfer Leo to a zoo in Pakistan and possibly using him in a captive breeding programme. While this idea looked fine on paper the fact remains that zoos in Pakistan lack the scientific expertise and resources to undertake such an effort. Moreover, since the snow leopard is listed on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as an endangered animal, Leo’s case was no longer a national issue but one of global biodiversity conservation.
Consequently, the US Embassy in Islamabad was informed of the cub’s situation and submitted a proposal to the Government of Pakistan suggesting that the snow leopard be loaned for captive breeding to an international facility as part of a long-term conservation and rehabilitation programme. Noting the existence of state-of-the-art snow leopard facilities in the US, namely the world renowned facility at the Bronx Zoo, IUCN Pakistan backed this proposal and worked tirelessly to persuade all parties. Once identified as a potential home for the cub, the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo enthusiastically took on the venture.
Along with WWF-P and the Government of Pakistan, IUCN-P has been financing Leo’s food and shelter costs. For the past seven months, IUCN-P has also been actively facilitating a translocation process of Leo from his range habitat in the Naltar Valley to a simulation of his home at the Bronx Zoo, New York. Since July 30, a team of experts from the Bronx Zoo have been in Pakistan to organize the logistics of ensuring Leo’s safe passage to the United States. This process has also been instrumental in developing and strengthening the relationship between the Government of Pakistan, the Government of the United States of America, Wildlife Conservation Society, and WWF-P, all long-standing members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The United States Embassy in Islamabad has been extremely helpful in ensuring high level support within the United States government for the translocation of the snow leopard as well as in the development of the agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Pakistan.
In an effort to ensure the long-term sustainability of such a move, the agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Pakistan has laid out the need for the development of a rehabilitation facility in Northern Pakistan as well as international training and capacity building for future staff of the facility. The snow leopard remains the property of the Government of Pakistan and will be returned to the Northern Areas Administration upon completion and approval of the rehabilitation facility. Leo is scheduled to leave for New York on August 9, 2006.
Source
Friday, October 06, 2006
Lahore Wildlife Park opening to public next month
* Inauguration had been delayed for lack of funds
* Park has 80-acre safari
By Shoaib Ahmed
LAHORE: Animal lovers, especially those in Lahore, would be able to see lions and tigers roaming freely at the Lahore Wildlife Park (LWP) from next month, since the Punjab chief minister (CM) has sanctioned Rs 87 million to finish the cobble-stoned track leading to the park, which had been impeding the park’s completion, Punjab Wildlife Department (PWD) sources told Daily Times on Thursday.
Sources said that the two-kilometre path leading to the park from Raiwind Road was not straight and did not provide proper access to the park. PWD had asked the CM for funds to correct the path and he allocated Rs 87 million, out of which Rs 70 million would be spent on the road and the remaining 17 million would be used to pay for the structures that came in the way, they added.
They said that almost all the work on the park had been completed but it could not be inaugurated because of the improper access. They said that earlier, three former PWD director generals (DGs) Raja Javed, Iftikhar Rao and Iqbal Hassan had tried to solve the problem of proper access but had failed because of various reasons. The current DG Imtiaz Tajwar had however succeeded in getting the money to straighten up the path.
The main attractions of the park, the lion and tiger safaris, have already been completed and the aviary is also ready.
Although the park is not yet open to the public, hundreds of people still visit on weekends.
The African block of the park to be finished soon will include various safaris such as elephants, rhinos and bears.
The park also boasts the biggest lake in the city, complete with four islands, three for the pubic and one for aquatic birds.
The animals for the 80-acre safaris will be brought from the Lahore and Bahawalpur zoos.
Wildlife DG Imtiaz Tajwar said that the LWP would meet international standards and that currently, Rs 5 were being charged per ticket but after the formal inauguration, tickets for men would be for Rs 10, for women Rs 8 and for children Rs 5.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\10\06\story_6-10-2006_pg13_8
Lahore Wildlife Park opening to public next month
* Inauguration had been delayed for lack of funds
* Park has 80-acre safari
By Shoaib Ahmed
LAHORE: Animal lovers, especially those in Lahore, would be able to see lions and tigers roaming freely at the Lahore Wildlife Park (LWP) from next month, since the Punjab chief minister (CM) has sanctioned Rs 87 million to finish the cobble-stoned track leading to the park, which had been impeding the park’s completion, Punjab Wildlife Department (PWD) sources told Daily Times on Thursday.
Sources said that the two-kilometre path leading to the park from Raiwind Road was not straight and did not provide proper access to the park. PWD had asked the CM for funds to correct the path and he allocated Rs 87 million, out of which Rs 70 million would be spent on the road and the remaining 17 million would be used to pay for the structures that came in the way, they added.
They said that almost all the work on the park had been completed but it could not be inaugurated because of the improper access. They said that earlier, three former PWD director generals (DGs) Raja Javed, Iftikhar Rao and Iqbal Hassan had tried to solve the problem of proper access but had failed because of various reasons. The current DG Imtiaz Tajwar had however succeeded in getting the money to straighten up the path.
The main attractions of the park, the lion and tiger safaris, have already been completed and the aviary is also ready.
Although the park is not yet open to the public, hundreds of people still visit on weekends.
The African block of the park to be finished soon will include various safaris such as elephants, rhinos and bears.
The park also boasts the biggest lake in the city, complete with four islands, three for the pubic and one for aquatic birds.
The animals for the 80-acre safaris will be brought from the Lahore and Bahawalpur zoos.
Wildlife DG Imtiaz Tajwar said that the LWP would meet international standards and that currently, Rs 5 were being charged per ticket but after the formal inauguration, tickets for men would be for Rs 10, for women Rs 8 and for children Rs 5.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\10\06\story_6-10-2006_pg13_8
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