Saving Pakistan’s captive elephants
Two Pakistani newspapers carry letters to the editor about elephants today. The News published a letter titled “Elephants in Chains” by Naeem Sadiq from Karachi. He writes about the cruelty meted to the six elephants in our zoos, which are “caged, tied with chains, confined in solitary cells, ill-treated, ill-fed and emotionally battered.” The other letter, originally published on the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society’s (PAWS) website a few weeks ago, is in The Tribune, about Kaavan, the Islamabad zoo elephant.
The News
Elephants in chains
The Tribune
Saving Kaavan
PAWS Co-Founders Mahera Omar and Maheen Zia recently met with Capital Development Authority (CDA) to talk about Kaavan, the lone elephant in Islamabad. They urged CDA to have mercy on Kaavan and to retire him to a sanctuary.
We are now putting together a group of concerned citizens to meet with the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Sajjad Hussain Abbasi next week. If you are interested in helping the caged elephants in Pakistan, please email PAWS at info@pawspakistan.org to join our efforts.
