{"id":64938,"date":"2020-05-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64938"},"modified":"2020-05-04T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:09:36","slug":"endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-in-lockdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Endangered cat species spotted in Margalla Hills amid limited human activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: The coronavirus-led downturn in human activity in the Margalla Hills has provided various wildlife species including leopards \u2013 a critically endangered big feline species local to the region \u2013 the opportunity to leave their hideouts and make a rare appearance, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-change-ministry-takes-control-of-marghazar-zoo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Climate Change Ministry takes over administrative control of Marghazar Zoo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The limited human activity during the ongoing lockdown period has helped the Wildlife Department learn much more about the dwellers of Margalla Hills National Park than it would have in several years of research, sources claim. The Wildlife authorities, while taking pictures and videos, were able to capture the rare mating dances of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wildlife-department-takes-measures-to-protect-fauna-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wildlife department takes measures to protect fauna amid coronavirus outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the lockdown also helped the wildlife officials spot several animal species that were thought have disappeared from the region. Currently, the park is home to three leopards, said Islamabad Wildlife Management Board Chairman Dr Anisur Rehman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/green-pakistan-programme-aims-protect-wildlife-pm-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Green Pakistan Programme\u2019 aims to protect wildlife: PM Khan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department also noticed a rise in number of monkeys at the park and since the park lacks enough food for them, they were also seen wandering about on roads and private properties in search of food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The coronavirus-led downturn in human activity in the Margalla Hills has provided various wildlife species including leopards \u2013 a critically endangered big feline species local to the region \u2013 the opportunity to leave their hideouts and make a rare appearance, a news source reported. Read: Climate Change Ministry takes over administrative control of Marghazar Zoo The limited human activity during the ongoing lockdown period has helped the Wildlife Department learn much more about the dwellers of Margalla Hills National Park than it would have in several years of research, sources claim. The Wildlife authorities, while taking pictures and videos, were able to capture the rare mating dances of birds. Read: Wildlife department takes measures to protect fauna amid coronavirus outbreak Furthermore, the lockdown also helped the wildlife officials spot several animal species that were thought have disappeared from the region. Currently, the park is home to three leopards, said Islamabad Wildlife Management Board Chairman Dr Anisur Rehman. Read: \u2018Green Pakistan Programme\u2019 aims to protect wildlife: PM Khan The department also noticed a rise in number of monkeys at the park and since the park lacks enough food for them, they were also seen wandering about on roads and private&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[27789,27787,27788],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-64938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-hills","tag-leopards-in-margalla-hills","tag-margalla-hills-wildlife","cat-15181-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Endangered cat species spotted in Margalla in lockdown - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The coronavirus-led downturn in human activity in the Margalla Hills has provided various wildlife species including leopards\" \/>\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\/endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-in-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Endangered cat species spotted in Margalla in lockdown - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The coronavirus-led downturn in human activity in the Margalla Hills has provided various wildlife species including leopards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-in-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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