06/22/12
A brown bear family sighted in Hundrap, Ghizer
Link: http://pamirtimes.net/2012/06/22/a-brown-bear-family-sighted-hundrap-gilgit-baltistan/
A brown bear family sighted in Hundrap, Ghizer
Our Correspondent
Gilgit, June 21: The Snow Leopard Foundation, Pakistan, has said that a family of Brown Bear has been sighted in Hundrap area of Phandar, located in Ghizer District of Gilgit - Baltistan. According to a press statement members of an occupancy survey team sighted the Brown Bear family from an approximate distance of almost 100m.
The site occupancy survey in Pahndar was a two week activity to document occurrence of large carnivores, the press statement states, in which an area comprising of 51 grid cells (5 x 5 km each) were searched by six experienced researchers. The main localities surveyed included Langer, Barsit, Teru, Hundrab, Serbal and Chashi. The presence of brown bear, wolf, fox and ibex was confirmed in different parts of the area through their signs. Sighting of brown bear in Hundrab strengthened the evidences.
Gupis: The surveyors think that the population of the endangered Brown Bear in Hundrap might be very small. PR
01/16/08
Collar 'key' to snow leopard secrets
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7188197.stm
Collar 'key' to snow leopard secrets
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News
Lying somewhere in the mountainous, snow-cloaked terrain of Pakistan's Tooshi Game Reserve is a collar that could help unlock the secrets of the elusive snow leopard.
01/05/08
12 species of whale, dolphin found in Pakistan’s waters
Link: http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/05/local2.htm
KARACHI: 12 species of whale, dolphin found in Pakistan’s waters
by Faiza Ilyas
KARACHI, Jan 4: Led by an expert from the United Kingdom, a Pakistani research team has for the first time identified and recorded the presence of 12 species of marine dolphins and whales in the Sindh-Balochistan waters. The identified species include five dolphin species, one porpoise species, two species of the toothed whale and four species of the baleen whale.
The research results were announced by Dr Mauvis Gore, the head of the team which included Shoaib Kiani, Pervaiz Iqbal, Baber Hussain and Umer Waqas.
11/30/07
Editorial: This madness must end
Link: http://dawn.com/2007/11/28/ed.htm#2
This madness must end
AS in previous years, the business of slaughter will be booming this winter. Arab dignitaries have been awarded 31 special permits to hunt the houbara bustard, a locally and internationally protected species that winters in Pakistan after travelling from its breeding grounds in Central Asia, China and Mongolia.
11/27/07
Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders
Link: http://dawn.com/2007/11/27/top16.htm
Bustard hunting permits issued to Gulf leaders
By Bhagwandas
KARACHI, Nov 26: The federal government has issued houbara bustard hunting permits to 31 members of the ruling families of four Arabian Gulf states for the 2007-08 hunting season.
11/25/07
KARACHI: Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard
Link: http://dawn.com/2007/11/24/local19.htm
KARACHI: Winter heralds killing spree of endangered houbara bustard
By Bhagwandas
KARACHI, Nov 23: As the colder winds start to blow announcing the beginning of winter and the country gets ready to welcome its annual visitors, the migratory birds which, avoiding the harsh weather conditions back home in Central Asia, come to winter here in a comparatively warm environment.
