Upgrades: ‘Rs700,000 released for DG Khan zoo’
New animals would be purchased for the zoo with the funds.
Asif said a zoo management committee would be set up to monitor conditions there. PHOTO: FILE
DERA GHAZI KHAN:
Minister for Wildlife, Forestry and Fisheries Muhammad Asif on Friday said the government had approved Rs700,000 for the uplift for Dera Ghazi Khan zoo. He was talking to newsmen after visiting the zoo with Wildlife Department Secretary Sher Alam Masood and Commissioner Saqib Aziz. Asif said a zoo management committee would be set up to monitor conditions there. He said it would make recommendations for upgrades at the zoo. He said new animals would be purchased for the zoo with the funds - including a pair of lions, nilgai (blue bulls), Australian emo birds, grey macaws and black swans. The minister also inspected hygiene conditions at the zoo and expressed satisfaction over the upkeep of animals housed there.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.
Minister for Wildlife, Forestry and Fisheries Muhammad Asif on Friday said the government had approved Rs700,000 for the uplift for Dera Ghazi Khan zoo. He was talking to newsmen after visiting the zoo with Wildlife Department Secretary Sher Alam Masood and Commissioner Saqib Aziz. Asif said a zoo management committee would be set up to monitor conditions there. He said it would make recommendations for upgrades at the zoo. He said new animals would be purchased for the zoo with the funds - including a pair of lions, nilgai (blue bulls), Australian emo birds, grey macaws and black swans. The minister also inspected hygiene conditions at the zoo and expressed satisfaction over the upkeep of animals housed there.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.