Hundreds of lockdown-hit animals die at Pakistan pet markets

[Dark1]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1547191/hundreds-of-lockdown-hit-animals-die-at-pakistan-pet-markets
Abandoned when Pakistan's largest cities went into lockdown, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered as the coronavirus spread.
Survivors from the specialist corner of Karachi's sprawling Empress Market were only rescued after activists appealed to the authorities for access.
Two weeks into the shutdown, Ayesha Chundrigar could hear the cries of the pets from outside the shops, which together housed up to 1,000 animals.
"When we got inside, the majority of them were dead, about 70 per cent. Their bodies were lying on the ground," Chundrigar, who runs ACF Animal Rescue, told AFP.
"It was so horrific, I can't tell you."
Starving and locked in cages with no light or ventilation, the survivors sat amongst the dead, trembling."

No humanity.

 

[namefield_empty]

Very sad to know about this. In my place, law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens (and animal welfare groups) after having obtained valid permission feed the strays on a daily basis.

 

[Dark1]

Very sad to know about this. In my place, law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens (and animal welfare groups) after having obtained valid permission feed the strays on a daily basis.

Happens all over India. Sign of a civilized society.

 

[W.11]

buying selling of pet should be made illegal.

regards

 

[Dark1]

Some Turkish vlogger made a video on the same market I think a few weeks back. It's very disturbing. Definitely not for animal lovers.

 

[namefield_empty]

Some Turkish vlogger made a video on the same market I think a few weeks back. It's very disturbing. Definitely not for animal lovers.

In my opinion, this is no less cruel than those countries consuming animals considered as pets. Makes me think if there are any animal rights organisations over there..

 

[Baburfromsarmarkand]

Low iq. Low empathy. Our society lacks empathy.

 

[El Sidd]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1547191/hundreds-of-lockdown-hit-animals-die-at-pakistan-pet-markets
Abandoned when Pakistan's largest cities went into lockdown, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered as the coronavirus spread.
Survivors from the specialist corner of Karachi's sprawling Empress Market were only rescued after activists appealed to the authorities for access.
Two weeks into the shutdown, Ayesha Chundrigar could hear the cries of the pets from outside the shops, which together housed up to 1,000 animals.
"When we got inside, the majority of them were dead, about 70 per cent. Their bodies were lying on the ground," Chundrigar, who runs ACF Animal Rescue, told AFP.
"It was so horrific, I can't tell you."
Starving and locked in cages with no light or ventilation, the survivors sat amongst the dead, trembling."

No humanity.

not far away from this place is where 250 people were burnt to charcoal for refusing to pay a ransom.

Gog and Magog live in Karachi as Saints and Shamans

 

[PakSword]

Allah has His own way of teaching lesson.. Those who are responsible for deaths of poor animals in this crisis will in shaa Allah see the consequences..

When it comes to animal rights, Pakistanis have a lot to learn.. BC selfish to the core..

Janwar maarnay main aur darakht kaatnay main Pakistanion ka koi muqabla nahi..

 

[Sine Nomine]

Allah has His own way of teaching lesson.. Those who are responsible for deaths of poor animals in this crisis will in shaa Allah see the consequences..

When it comes to animal rights, Pakistanis have a lot to learn.. BC selfish to the core..

Janwar maarnay main aur darakht kaatnay main Pakistanion ka koi muqabla nahi..

I am taking these news with pinch of salt,citing the fact that cost of these exotic pets is in millions,and Govt isn't idiot as people are trying it to paint.

 

[ChennaiDude]

buying selling of pet should be made illegal.

regards

Why do people buy pets- Adoption is the way to go.

 

[El Sidd]

I am taking these news with pinch of salt,citing the fact that cost of these exotic pets is in millions,and Govt isn't idiot as people are trying it to paint.

hahahaha i know right. but lets use it against the Sindh government.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Damn tragedy! Cannot believe this has been allowed to happen to defenceless animals.

 

[PakSword]

I am taking these news with pinch of salt,citing the fact that cost of these exotic pets is in millions,and Govt isn't idiot as people are trying it to paint.

hahahaha i know right. but lets use it against the Sindh government.

Dawn News nowadays is against Federal government only.

Some people are saying that someone has made videos of dead animals in the cages.. I don't know, I haven't watched them.

Anyway, we have seen in the past too, how people kill animals in Pakistan. It's not new to Pakistani society. So many animals in and around indus basin have now become extinct. Forget animals, people have cut down local trees such as neem and peepal that they now seldom sighted when you travel from Karachi towards north.

 

[PakGuns]

I love my cat no matter what disease evolve. i ll nvr give up on her... i wish i could adopt all these animals I hope people who abandoned them like that get punished not only after life but within their lives too for world to see as an example