{"id":65721,"date":"2020-05-25T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65721"},"modified":"2020-05-20T17:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:16:57","slug":"margalla-hills-national-park-reports-heightened-wildlife-activity-amid-corona-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-hills-national-park-reports-heightened-wildlife-activity-amid-corona-lockdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Margalla Hills National Park reports heightened wildlife activity amid corona lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: Leopards, jackals, boars, and other animals residing at the Margalla Hills National Park have shown increased mobility amid the ensuing COVID-19 lockdown, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <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\">The rangers patrolling the area have reported that animals have been seen roaming more freely during this period; due in large part to the absence of hikers and joggers who normally frequent the trails. As per sources, a number of leopards \u2013 a normally reclusive animal species \u2013 have been sighted on the park\u2019s deserted pathways \u2013 in addition to boars and jackals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-first-wildlife-museum-swd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh\u2019s first wildlife museum inaugurated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/endangered-cat-specie-spotted-in-margalla-in-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Margalla Hills National Park<\/a> has been under partial lockdown for about a month and foot traffic remains low. A ranger official said that the area\u2019s wildlife \u2018is feeling more comfortable without the crowds\u2019. He said that a survey is being conducted at the facility to take note of some of the new animal species that have been observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Wildlife Director Sakhawat Ali said that the park houses 350 bird, 38 mammal and 34 reptile species (including 27 types of snakes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Leopards, jackals, boars, and other animals residing at the Margalla Hills National Park have shown increased mobility amid the ensuing COVID-19 lockdown, according to news sources. Read: Wildlife department takes measures to protect fauna amid coronavirus outbreak The rangers patrolling the area have reported that animals have been seen roaming more freely during this period; due in large part to the absence of hikers and joggers who normally frequent the trails. As per sources, a number of leopards \u2013 a normally reclusive animal species \u2013 have been sighted on the park\u2019s deserted pathways \u2013 in addition to boars and jackals. Read: Sindh\u2019s first wildlife museum inaugurated The Margalla Hills National Park has been under partial lockdown for about a month and foot traffic remains low. A ranger official said that the area\u2019s wildlife \u2018is feeling more comfortable without the crowds\u2019. He said that a survey is being conducted at the facility to take note of some of the new animal species that have been observed. Assistant Wildlife Director Sakhawat Ali said that the park houses 350 bird, 38 mammal and 34 reptile species (including 27 types of snakes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[29723],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-65721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-margalla-hills-national-park-reports-heightened-wildlife-activit","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>Margalla Hills Park reports heightened wildlife activity- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leopards, jackals, boars, and other animals residing at the Margalla Hills National Park have shown increased mobility amid the ensuing COVID-19 lockdown\" \/>\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\/margalla-hills-national-park-reports-heightened-wildlife-activity-amid-corona-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Margalla Hills Park reports heightened wildlife activity- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leopards, jackals, boars, and other animals residing at the Margalla Hills National Park have shown increased mobility amid the ensuing COVID-19 lockdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-hills-national-park-reports-heightened-wildlife-activity-amid-corona-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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