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Taking wing: Caged bird trade being regulated

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13.03.2025
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Wildlife Department has chalked out a plan to regulate the caged birds business. The department in this regard has served notices on shopkeepers to get themselves registered with the department concerned. “Notices have been served on the dealers of caged birds in Peshawar in which they have been directed to restrict business to only exotic species and a few indigenous ones,” said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Peshawar, Faiq Khan. He said that captivity of protected species like partridges, peacocks, cranes and all types of pheasants is prohibited under the wildlife act. Only the sale of exotic species like parrots,........

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