The urial (Ovis orientalis vignei), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a subspecies group of the wild sheep Ovis orientalis. Noticeable features are the reddish-brown long fur that fades during ...

The survey on the population of Punjab's national animal, the Urial, has been completed, but the Punjab Wildlife Department is reluctant to release the data. Experts suspect that the rampant illegal ...

For a country drowning in debt, the trophy hunting of rare mammals like the urial is a valuable opportunity for generating income. However, in this tactful truce between keen hunters and the pliant ...

The Salt Range, spreading from tehsil Dina in Jhelum to Kalabagh in the Mianwali district, is a scenic terrain with its unique flora and mystic heritage sites. But what makes the valley more ...

KARACHI: The Karachi zoo has recently exchanged its three fallow deer with a pair of urial — a protected species in the country — without acquiring a mandatory permit from the Sindh wildlife ...

For Munib Khanyari, the species which symbolises his mountain home isn’t the snow leopard, Tibetan wolf, or any of the iconic animals of Ladakh. Although the arid plateau is home to seven other ...

LAHORE: The population of the rare Punjab urial is experiencing a steady resurgence across the rugged Salt Range, with recent sightings of large herds signalling improving stability for the vulnerable ...

Three Punjab Urial lambs rescued from smugglers have been successfully reared without maternal milk in the Lahore Safari Park Wildlife Hospital. The rare and nationally protected wild sheep species ...