{"id":62662,"date":"2025-01-16T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=62662"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:20:47","slug":"punjab-cabinet-allows-private-ownership-of-big-cats-under-strict-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-cabinet-allows-private-ownership-of-big-cats-under-strict-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Cabinet allows private ownership of big cats under strict regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet has taken a historic step allowing private <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/vital-group-accused-of-money-laundering-worth-billions-of-rupees\/\">ownership of big cats<\/a> such as lions, cheetahs, tigers, pumas, and jaguars, subject to robust regulations.<\/p>\n<p>It was part of a four-point agenda presented by the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/wildfires-spreads-across-sulaiman-range-forests-in-di-khan\/\"> Department of Forests<\/a> at the cabinet meeting, and it marks the first time these animals will be controlled under the Wildlife Act.<\/p>\n<p>Licensing will now be directly issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-govt-approves-dedicated-wildlife-courts-to-combat-crimes-against-wildlife\/\">Wildlife Departmen<\/a>t, at a fee of Rs50,000 per animal, while minimum levels of care will be syntactically established for such animals taken into private custody.<\/p>\n<p>Under the amended regulations, these animals must be housed outside urban areas with a timeframe within which they must be transferred. Non-compliance will result in the registration of first information reports (FIRs).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the amended Punjab Forest Transit Rules provide for restrictions against the transportation of forest produce from sunset to sunrise, thus key points of check posts are noted.<\/p>\n<p>Forest officers are being empowered, thus they can close depots and impose punishment when a violation occurs. As per the Punjab Cabinet&#8217;s spokesperson, &#8220;The newly adopted regulations guarantee stricter supervision for wildlife welfare while keeping the check on forest resource control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With these promulgated regulations, the government of Punjab shows its commitment to the protection of wildlife and control of forest resources.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s initiatives regulating the private ownership of the big cats and their transportation are commendable. Most importantly, the welfare of these animals must be ensured and respected.<\/p>\n<p>Check posts and powers given to the forest officers to take action against violators will minimize the illegal transportation of forest produce and hence help to save the wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet has taken a historic step allowing private ownership of big cats such as lions, cheetahs, tigers, pumas, and jaguars, subject to robust regulations. It was part of a four-point agenda presented by the Department of Forests at the cabinet meeting, and it marks the first time these animals will be controlled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":57671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25818,25817],"class_list":["post-62662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-wildlife-department","tag-punjab-allows-private-ownership-of-big-cats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62662","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=62662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62667,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62662\/revisions\/62667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}