Pakistan floods ravage bear sanctuary
Aug 20, 2010

Sadly, WSPA must report some distressing news from our bear baiting project in Pakistan. The recent floods have severely affected the Kund Park sanctuary, resulting in the tragic death of 20 of the 23 bears living there.

Three surviving bears rescued from Pakistan floods
Wednesday August 4 2010

Local staff launched heroic rescues over the weekend, saving three of the 23 bears that were feared dead when our existing sanctuary Kund Park was submerged in the floods last week.

Fakhar Abbas, Director of WSPA member society the Bioresearch Centre (BRC), has confirmed that Dewa, Sohrab and Maylu have been rescued from the flooded area.

Tragedy strikes Kund Park sanctuary
Jul 30, 2010

WSPA fears 23 rescued bears may have died in Pakistan floods.

The floods in Pakistan, caused by what is being described as the ‘heaviest monsoon flooding since 1929’, have resulted in severe damage at the WSPA-funded Kund Park bear sanctuary. As many as 23 bears are feared dead as the floodwaters rose as high as 60 ft above river level.

Endangered snow leopard clawing its way back
Innovative conservation project in Pakistan sees a slow but sure rise in the number of the endangered big cats

Zofeen Ebrahim in Karachi, for IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 August 2010 16.41 BST

For more than 10 years, Shafqat Hussain has been on the trail of the endangered snow leopard. He has heard the beast's growl, and has seen its pugmarks against a snowy track. But his dream, of coming eye-to-eye with the elusive nocturnal feline, remains unfulfilled. "If you've seen the cat, you've seen the Holy Grail," says Hussain.

Flood threatens endangered blind Indus dolphins
By Amar Guriro

KARACHI: History’s worst flood in River Indus, with more than 962,000 cusecs water flow, surging through Guddu Barrage on Friday evening, would not only affect humans, but also the endangered and unique species of blind Indus dolphins.

Wildlife and Parks Dept to prepare report of losses in floods
By: Imran Shah | Published: August 12, 2010

LAHORE - Hundreds of big and small precious animals have perished and disappeared from the flood-hit districts of Punjab. Wildlife and Parks Department of Punjab will prepare reports. All the district officers and teams to be constituted by the Department will prepare the reports against the loss of wildlife owing to floods in jungles and open areas of the province, The Nation has learnt.

Whale shark chopped; meat carted away, sold for a song
By Faiza Ilyas
Wednesday, 07 Jul, 2010

Fishermen on Tuesday cut up the whale shark so that its meat and liver could be sold off.—Fahim Siddiqi / White Star

KARACHI: The whale shark that had died after becoming entangled in a net cast off the Hawkesbay beach was chopped on Tuesday morning and taken away for use in poultry feed as Sindh Wildlife Department staff failed to move decisively to take its possession.

Netted whale shark brought dead on Karachi shore
By Faiza Ilyas
Tuesday, 06 Jul, 2010

KARACHI: A whale shark died after it became entangled in a net cast off the Hawkesbay beach and the 300-kilo fish was dragged on to the shore by local fishermen on Monday morning.

Children sit on a dead baby whale trapped in a shallow waters along the coastal line of Karachi on Monday, July 5. - AP Photo