Submitting a report to the Lahore High Court about licenses issued for import of animals, the Punjab Secretary Wildlife stated that there are 111 wildlife breeding farms in the province. The court adjourned further hearing till June 26 and sought details of the licenses issued by the government.
He told LHC that 43 puppy dogs, eight cats, 18 horses, five zebras, 585 birds as well as nine lion cubs were imported in the provincial metropolis via Lahore airport during the previous financial year. The court was hearing a petition filed by a social worker Faryal Ali Gohar and others against exhibition of wild animals by certain people during public gatherings and protection of wildlife.
Representing Faryal Gohar, Advocate Waqas Mir argued that the government was bound under "Pakistan Trade Control of Wild Fauna and Flora Act 2012" to ensure that no import permit was granted with regard to the wild animals without satisfaction that they will be suitably housed and taken care within the Pakistan.
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