The federal government has blacklisted a suspected wildlife trafficker, while a case has also been registered against the firm for illegally bringing four rare white tigers into the country, it has been learnt here reliably.

Twelve very rare and endangered velvet monkeys that were being brought into the country by using forged documents have been confiscated and the wildlife trafficker has been caught and fined.

According to sources, the smuggled moneys are being kept in quarantine, and the fine has been recovered by the Sindh Wildlife Department.

A large number of Afghan tortoises

The federal government has finally begun to speed up efforts to close in on the wildlife traffickers who had sneaked rare white tigers into the country, as two of the animals have now been

The controversy surrounding irregularities in the import of four white tigers continues and it has now emerged that the federal government has issued a No-Objection Certificate for the import of the two tigers which is being used by the Lahore zoo well after the actual import took place.

A change in the species of the elephants being purchased by the Karachi city government for its zoo after the publishing of advertisements was not according to the rules, Dawn has reliably learnt.

Heads have finally begun to roll in the Lahore Zoo

Three black leopards purchased in February by the Lahore Zoological Gardens at more than 250 times the price the supplier had paid to import the animals from France have been returned to him because they have become weak and sick, Dawn has learnt.