Rules for breeding facilities notified

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has notified Breeding Facility Rules for wildlife species and directed all the agencies and individuals involved in breeding business to immediately register themselves under these rules.

The unregistered wildlife breeding facilities across the province will be treated as illegal and liable to legal action, reads a statement issued here on Friday by K-P Environment Department.

These rules are passed by provincial cabinet under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife and Biodiversity (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 2015. Under the rules, any person or institution can build breeding facility for any wildlife animal or bird, adds the statement.

If there is any wildlife breeding facility in the province, its owners should immediately register their business under these rules with the nearest office of the Wildlife Department, otherwise their business or facility will be considered illegal and will be prosecuted as per law.

The press statement further elaborates those owners or entities dealing in illegal breeding facility may also face immediate closure with heavy fines and imprisonment.

The rule also made owner or operation of the facility bound for maintaining linkages with eminent institutions and organizations working in the field of health care and upkeep.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 28^th, 2022.