{"id":79643,"date":"2025-07-06T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=79643"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T13:23:56","slug":"rare-deer-slaughtered-in-islamabads-margalla-hills-sparks-public-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/rare-deer-slaughtered-in-islamabads-margalla-hills-sparks-public-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Deer slaughtered in Islamabad\u2019s Margalla Hills sparks public outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: A viral <\/span>clip<\/span> of slaughtering <\/span>rare <\/span>species <\/span>of<\/span> deer<\/span> sparked outrage <\/span>among people, <\/span>and <\/span>officials<\/span> in <\/span>the <\/span>capital <\/span>ordered<\/span> a\u00a0probe<\/span> under wildlife protection <\/span>legislation<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Following<\/span> the <\/span>horrific<\/span> act<\/span>, the Wildlife Department <\/a><\/span>registered<\/span> a<\/span> formal complaint\u00a0at <\/span>a<\/span> concerned<\/span> police station, <\/span>asking<\/span> for <\/span>action under the Islamabad Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management Act 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n

The barking deer, <\/span>whose<\/span> species <\/span>was<\/span> used <\/span>in the case, is <\/span>a protected animal <\/span>according<\/span> to <\/span>Schedule One of the Act.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Offices<\/span> are <\/span>taking<\/span> legal action under Sections 12.4(a) and 16.1(a), which <\/span>prescribe<\/span> a <\/span>maximum<\/span> Rs1 million <\/span>fine <\/span>and one year’s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>imprisonment <\/span>for <\/span>the offence<\/span>. <\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> Section 23 of the <\/span>act<\/span>, <\/span>dead<\/span> wild animals are <\/span>also<\/span> property of the federal government.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The complaint <\/span>was<\/span> lodged<\/span> against two <\/span>individuals<\/span> by name, <\/span>Bashir Abbasi and Zain Abbasi, <\/span>and<\/span> other <\/span>unknown<\/span> suspects.<\/p>\n

The <\/span>case<\/span> is<\/span> ongoing<\/span> with<\/span> officials <\/span>trying<\/span> to <\/span>get<\/span> to <\/span>the <\/span>bottom<\/span> of the affair and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>bring<\/span> the <\/span>perpetrators<\/span> to book<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The <\/span>shocking<\/span> incident<\/span> was at Margalla Hills National Park, where three <\/span>people<\/span> allegedly<\/span> shot and <\/span>killed<\/span> a rare <\/span>breed<\/span> of deer in <\/span>daylight. <\/span><\/p>\n

Footage<\/span> of the incident <\/span>went<\/span> viral<\/span> on<\/span> the internet, <\/span>raising<\/span> an outcry among the <\/span>public <\/span>and prompting <\/span>government<\/span> probes<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The <\/span>suspects<\/span> are<\/span> seen<\/span> slaughtering the deer <\/span>along<\/span> the roadside. One of them then <\/span>proceeded<\/span> to carry <\/span>the <\/span>body <\/span>of<\/span> the animal <\/span>on his shoulders. When <\/span>confronted<\/span> by tourists, the men <\/span>identified<\/span> themselves<\/span> as<\/span> workers of\u00a0the Capital Development Authority<\/a><\/span>‘<\/span>s (CDA) Environment Protection Department.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Witnesses<\/span> also <\/span>said<\/span> that<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> a CDA forest guard <\/span>present <\/span>at the scene, who <\/span>watched<\/span> from<\/span> a distance <\/span>with a wireless <\/span>receiver<\/span> as the act <\/span>took place<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Capital Development officials <\/span>have <\/span>denied that their <\/span>staff<\/span> members <\/span>were involved in the hunting. Instead, the official <\/span>stated<\/span> that the deer <\/span>had<\/span> been<\/span> injured <\/span>before <\/span>and had been <\/span>killed<\/span> to <\/span>spare<\/span> it<\/span> any <\/span>suffering. <\/span>But<\/span> nothing<\/span> much<\/span> was<\/span> said<\/span> to <\/span>quell<\/span> public <\/span>anxiety<\/span>, <\/span>particularly<\/span> because a\u00a0formal investigation has been <\/span>initiated<\/span> to <\/span>find<\/span> out <\/span>who fired the fatal shot.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: A viral clip of slaughtering rare species of deer sparked outrage among people, and officials in the capital ordered a\u00a0probe under wildlife protection legislation. Following the horrific act, the Wildlife Department registered a formal complaint\u00a0at a concerned police station, asking for action under the Islamabad Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management Act 2024. The barking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":79644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29937,29938,21672],"class_list":["post-79643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-capital-development-authoritys","tag-islamabad-margalla-hill","tag-wildlife-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79643","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=79643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79645,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79643\/revisions\/79645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}