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Karachi Cattle Market is located at a distance of 13 kilometers from Sohrab Goth Interchange. The size of the market is over 900 acres, where more than 700,000 livestock, including cows, goats and lambs are displayed for sale. [5] The sellers mainly arrive from rural regions of Sindh and Punjab, where livestock farming is a common profession.
Empress market is one of the places in Karachi where exotic and endangered species like Macaw, Falcons and other birds are sold without any approved license. On 24 August 2015, up to 50 protected birds and a pair of monkey were brought to sell in Empress, when a raid by wildlife department caught the people who brought the animals.
The Karachi Zoo (Urdu: کراچی چڑیاگھر; Sindhi: ڪراچي چڙيا گهر), also known as Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Gandhi Garden, is located in Garden East, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in 1899, it is the largest zoo of Pakistan and second oldest zoo in the country after Lahore Zoo. [2]
PAWS (Pakistan Animal Welfare Society) is a non profit organization registered as a company limited founded in 2004. [1] It is run by volunteers, without having a specific shelter, business venue or paid staff located in Karachi, Pakistan. All funds raised go directly towards rescuing and treating animals as well as awareness raising and ...
Being a country that has a largely rural and agriculture-based industry, animal husbandry plays an important role in the economy of Pakistan and is a major source of livelihood for many farmers. Between 30 and 35 million people in Pakistan's current labour force are estimated to be engaged in livestock rearing. [1]
It is spread over an area of approximately 4 acres (16,000 m 2) and contains a fewer variety of animals compared to Karachi Zoo. [2] The zoo operates under the City District Government Karachi and is a member of SAZARC. In 2006, 4 million Pakistani rupees were allocated to the Landhi Korangi Zoo for bringing new animals, particularly a pair of ...
This is a list of zoos, aviaries, aquaria, safari parks, reptile centers, animal theme parks and wildlife parks in Pakistan. For a list of botanical gardens, see List of botanical gardens in Pakistan .
Pakistan also plans to rehabilitate mangrove-degraded areas at Sonmiani and Jiwani in Balochistan. Along the shores of Astola and Ormara beaches of Balochistan and Hawke's Bay and Sandspit beaches of Sindh are nesting sites for five endangered species of sea turtles : green sea , loggerhead , hawksbill , olive ridley and leatherback .