PAKISTANIS’ obsession with exotic pets keeps ending in tragedy. Incidents like the recent lion attack in a Lahore neighbourhood, which left a woman and two children scarred physically and, almost certainly, psychologically, continue to expose dangerous societal and regulatory failures that put unsuspecting citizens and instinctive beasts in harm’s way. Yet, after a few days of outrage over animal abuse and public safety, things go back to ‘normal’, and our elite’s penchant for keeping and flaunting dangerous beasts........

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