BAHAWALPUR: Seven rare deer were found dead at a zoo in Bahawalpur on Saturday, while twelve others are in critical condition.
The zoo’s administration says it’s too early to say why or how the animals died. A post-mortem examination will be conducted first, they say.
Pakistan has a poor track record with animal care at zoos. Recently, the plight of Rano, a bear at the Karachi Zoo, came under scrutiny in court. The court ordered she be moved to a cage 500 times bigger.
But perhaps the most well-known case of animal abuse in Pakistan is that of Kaavan, dubbed the world’s loneliest elephant. The elephant’s treatment at an Islamabad zoo became a subject of international condemnation and court cases before he was eventually shifted to a sanctuary in Cambodia on November 29.
