Locals vow to stop partridge hunting

Announcements were made from mosques, asking people to stop hunters who would come to Chakwal this Sunday

LAHORE:

People from the areas comprising the Salt Range have decided that they would not allow the hunting of the black partridge anymore.

Officially, hunting of the black pheasant is allowed only on Sundays effective from December 1 until January 31 by the Punjab Wildlife Department.

Hundreds of hunters from Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Rawalpindi visited the Salt Range on December 3 and 10 where they hunted pheasants.

However, local people have come forward, forming “Danda Bardar” groups in Bhatti Gujjar village of Kallar Kahar tehsil of Chakwal.

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A group of youths had stopped many hunters from hunting in their area last Sunday as well. Now various villages have joined hands to stop poaching of partridge and other wildlife.

Announcements were made from the mosques, asking people to stop the hunters who would come to Chakwal this Sunday (December 17) from Lahore and Islamabad.

The Bhatti community, the Gujjar community and the Abeer Bhari living in these areas have also come together and announced that they would stop patridge hunting.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2023.