{"id":54140,"date":"2024-10-29T11:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T06:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=54140"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T06:29:23","slug":"injured-leopard-rescued-from-ajk-passes-away-at-islamabad-veterinary-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/injured-leopard-rescued-from-ajk-passes-away-at-islamabad-veterinary-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured leopard rescued from AJK passes away at Islamabad veterinary clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: An<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/leopard-rescued-from-azad-kashmir-succumbs-to-wounds-in-islamabad\/\"> injured leopard<\/a> rescued from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has succumbed to its injuries at a veterinary clinic in Islamabad, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/wildlife-department-recovers-7-foot-long-crocodile-in-kasur-district\/\">Islamabad Wildlife Management Board<\/a> (IWMB).<\/p>\n<p>The veterinary reports revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/snow-leopard-skin-seized-in-lahore-raid-suspect-arrested\/\">X-ray<\/a> images showed severe spinal injuries and several<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cm-punjab-requests-rs-2-73-crore-for-bulletproof-vehicle-tire-replacement-upgradation\/\"> bullet wounds<\/a> which resulted in the death of the majestic beast.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the leopard was rescued from Hatila Balla in<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/pakistan-marks-kashmir-black-day-condemns-indias-occupation\/\"> AJK<\/a> and transported to Islamabad for better medical treatment. Despite the medical team&#8217;s efforts, the predator&#8217;s injuries proved fatal.<\/p>\n<p>The Persian leopard, known locally as &#8220;phulang,&#8221; is native to Pakistan&#8217;s mountainous regions and forests. However, their population has been declining sharply due to human-induced activities.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation efforts have attempted to protect the leopards and their habitats, but more needs to be done to prevent their extinction. This incident highlights the urgent need for scaled-up conservation measures.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, a Persian leopard was spotted in April at Nani Mandir in Hingol National Park, Balochistan province. The park, located along the Balochistan coast, is a habitat for these majestic creatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: An injured leopard rescued from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has succumbed to its injuries at a veterinary clinic in Islamabad, according to the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB). The veterinary reports revealed that X-ray images showed severe spinal injuries and several bullet wounds which resulted in the death of the majestic beast. Earlier, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7530,23427],"class_list":["post-54140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-islamabad-wildlife-management-board","tag-leopard-dies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54143,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54140\/revisions\/54143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}