As a result, children have lost interest in nature and animals. The officer further explained that over the past 15 years, commercial activities have considerably increased in the park rides and swings and noisy go-karts have been installed in the parks to provide short-term entertainment to children. The current director of the park, however, does not have the required qualifications and only has experience in the field of land management,” the officer detailed.ĭr Kazim, an experienced veterinary doctor who was serving at Safari Park, retried last month. “The post of director at Safari Park is technical in nature and, ideally, it should have been assigned to someone with a degree in Zoology or Veterinary Sciences. “All the experts, zoologists and veterinary doctors have been either assigned to Karachi Zoo or the Landhi-Korangi Zoo, but they were also looking after the animals at Safari Park,” he said.Īfter the management of the park will be assigned to the department of parks and horticulture, the experts will not be able to work at Safari Park anymore. Moreover, they will not be aware of the care-taking techniques necessary to maintain wildlife. The decision was made on the directives of Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar, after which KMC’s human resource department issued a notification which said that all the financial and administrative activities of the parks will now rest with the department of parks and horticulture.Īn officer at Safari park, who requested anonymity, told The Express Tribune that the decision to hand over the park to a department, which has no expertise in the field, will create problems because the inexperienced staffers will not be able to understand the needs and moods of the animals. In the past, the department of recreation has been looking after the management of Karachi Zoo, Landhi-Korangi Zoo, Safari Park and Aladdin Park. To top it off, the department of parks and horticulture will utilise 109 acres of the park’s territory to start a commercial theme park project. Safari Park has already appointed non-technical officers on many important posts and with this new move, the park will be completely deprived of wildlife experts, zoologists and veterinary doctors.

On the directives of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), the administration and control of Safari Park - together with Aladdin Park - has been taken away from the department of recreation and handed over to the department of parks and horticulture. With the situation yet to improve, the animals of Safari Park now face a new threat on account of new management with no zoological or veterinary expertise. But as the metropolis grew over the years, the numbers of the park’s many visitors dwindled. With its collection of various exotic species, Safari Park was once an iconic recreation spot for the denizens of Karachi. Safari Park was once an iconic recreation spot for the citizens of Karachi but now it wears a deserted look.

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