K-P govt to send Peshawar Zoo staff abroad for training

Move comes following criticism of animals dying at the zoo

PESHAWAR:

The provincial government has decided to send the staff of the Peshawar Zoo for training abroad. The decision was taken to provide best care to the animals at the zoo. Different animals have died in the recent past which sparked a controversy with public questioning the facilities and care being provided to the wildlife.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly lawmaker Rehana Ismail had recently raised the issue of lack of proper facilities at the zoo. The government had informed the provincial assembly that the animals had died of natural causes and proper facilities are being provided to the animals at the zoo.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 6^th, 2020.