The Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) is set to welcome two more leopard cats.
The news was confirmed by the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) today, and its Chairperson, Rina Saeed Khan, told The News that it “will receive two leopard cats from the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) that would spend some time in the Rehabilitation Center”.
She said that the SWD had recently rescued two leopard cats from Karachi’s Empress Market and decided to shift them to the Rehabilitation Center in the national park.
This will provide the cats with more rehabilitation facilities and medical treatment by a group of wildlife experts.
This species of leopard cats are native to the Margalla Hills and will finally become permanent national park residents.
“After the rehab, we will release them into the wild inside the national park as they are native to this hilly area,” Khan added.
Note: The earlier version of the story had erroneously mentioned the recovery of two leopard cubs. The mistake has been rectified on the identification of IWMB Chairperson, Rina Saeed Khan.