{"id":57002,"date":"2019-10-31T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57002"},"modified":"2020-01-30T05:50:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T05:50:36","slug":"dg-khans-lion-deer-safari-opening-expected-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dg-khans-lion-deer-safari-opening-expected-soon.html","title":{"rendered":"DG Khan&#8217;s lion and deer safari opening expected soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks (PW&amp;PP) Department has announced its decision to transform a 1,000-acre land situated in Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan into a \u2018deer and lion\u2019 safari facility, according to news source. As per officials, the government plans to open the said attraction to the public in December.<\/p>\n<p>According to details, several animals currently housed in various zoos and wildlife parks of Punjab will be relocated to this natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/orders-given-to-upgrade-lohi-bher-wildlife-park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orders given to upgrade Lohi Bher Wildlife Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director General (DG) Punjab Wildlife and Parks Sohail Ashraf, during a press briefing, stated that the Obara Foundation had constructed an enclosure in DG Khan in 2010. \u2018We have decided to establish the second safari of the province here,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that no additional funds would be required to execute this project and the existing finances will be enough for the restructuring process. Different species of deer, lion and other animals will be brought into the new safari, he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/botanical-zoological-garden-for-capital-pc-1-preparation-underway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Botanical, zoological garden for capital, PC-1 preparation underway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the DG, a temporary ban prevents the selling and purchasing of new birds and animals, which is why the surplus of animals from the previously established Lahore Safari and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-zoo-safari-zoo-to-be-included-in-tdc-entertainment-package.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lahore Zoo <\/a>will be shifted here. He revealed that the initial work had been completed on the safari \u2013 with activation of waterfalls at two points and designing\/ decoration of many picnic spots. Moreover, he said that Lahore Zoo Director Hasan Ali Sukhera had been tasked with the responsibility to provide the animals and establish the DG Khan Safari.<\/p>\n<p>The DG stressed that the department was trying to utilise available funds to complete existing projects instead of launching new mega ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks (PW&amp;PP) Department has announced its decision to transform a 1,000-acre land situated in Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan into a \u2018deer and lion\u2019 safari facility, according to news source. As per officials, the government plans to open the said attraction to the public in December. According to details, several animals currently housed in various zoos and wildlife parks of Punjab will be relocated to this natural habitat. Read:\u00a0Orders given to upgrade Lohi Bher Wildlife Park Director General (DG) Punjab Wildlife and Parks Sohail Ashraf, during a press briefing, stated that the Obara Foundation had constructed an enclosure in DG Khan in 2010. \u2018We have decided to establish the second safari of the province here,\u2019 he added. He also revealed that no additional funds would be required to execute this project and the existing finances will be enough for the restructuring process. Different species of deer, lion and other animals will be brought into the new safari, he added. Read:\u00a0Botanical, zoological garden for capital, PC-1 preparation underway According to the DG, a temporary ban prevents the selling and purchasing of new birds and animals, which is why the surplus of animals from the previously established&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":30118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[13694],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-details-on-dg-khans-lion-and-deer-safari-opening-expected-soon","9":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DG Khan&#039;s lion and deer safari opening expected soon - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks (PW&amp;PP) Department has announced its decision to transform a 1,000-acre land situated in Dera Ghazi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dg-khans-lion-deer-safari-opening-expected-soon.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DG Khan&#039;s lion and deer safari opening expected soon - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks (PW&amp;PP) Department has announced its decision to transform a 1,000-acre land situated in Dera Ghazi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dg-khans-lion-deer-safari-opening-expected-soon.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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