Four Paws, an international organization that advocates for animals, has been requested to provide care for Noor Jehan, a sick elephant at Karachi Zoological Gardens.
While workers from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) claim that the elephant’s feet are swollen, social media reports indicate that the elephant has suffered a stroke that has immobilized one of her feet.
KMC Commissioner Syed Shujaat Hussain paid a visit to the Karachi Zoo on Friday to enquire about Noor Jehan’s health when he noticed that her foot has gotten swollen, therefore Four Paws was called in to help with the treatment. In addition, medicine from overseas has been requested in an effort to treat the elephant’s illness.
It is important to note that, Four Paws vets successfully conducted dental surgery on Noor Jehan and another elephant named Madhubala, last year as well. Noor Jehan has gotten unwell again this year. The vets operated on Noor Jehan for five hours and forty minutes during the dental procedures last year, and both animals made a full recovery.
The elephant made a full recovery last year. What about this year?
This year they are trying to let her die
On 11 March media reported that KMC had contacted Four Paws. The Four Paws team are doing other urgent work in other countries. KMC is reported to have said the would not be able to come to Noor Jehan’s aid until the end of March or beginning of April. Their senior operations manager has said that they made recommendation to improve her lifestyle in 2022 to Karachi High Court. I am truly concerned that the High Court has failed to demand that the recommendations be followed up. Noor Jehan is not safe in the zoo neither is her cage mate Madhuballah because nobody is properly trained. Now it is rumoured that Noor Jehan may have had a stroke and lost the use of her back legs. Seriously? Why no diagnosis? Why such negligence? This is appalling animal abuse by the seniors in charge.