South Asia
Pakistan
Pakistan is WARN's flagship street-dog welfare country. It is also home to the snow leopard, the markhor and a significant working-equine population. Our launch programme in Karach
Pakistan is a South Asian country where WARN's planned work focuses on humane street-dog management in Karachi and Lahore through catch-neuter-vaccinate-release clinics, mobile working-equine clinics in industrial districts, and supporting partner work on the snow leopard in the country's high north.
Key Facts About Pakistan
- Pakistan reports an estimated 2,000-5,000 human rabies deaths a year, among the highest in Asia.
- Karachi alone has an estimated 30,000-40,000 community dogs.
- Mass culling continues in several cities despite WHO guidance against it.
- Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hold an estimated 200-420 snow leopards.
- Our Karachi street-dogs appeal is WARN's flagship launch programme.
What is the welfare situation in Pakistan?
Three intersecting issues: large free-roaming dog populations in major cities, working-equine welfare in industrial districts, and snow leopard conservation in the high north. The dog-population question has a public-health dimension — Pakistan has one of the highest dog-mediated human rabies burdens in Asia.
What is WARN preparing to do in Pakistan?
Launching catch-neuter-vaccinate-release (CNVR) clinics in Karachi and Lahore as the WHO and WOAH-endorsed humane alternative to culling. Operating mobile equine clinics in industrial districts. Supporting partner work on retaliatory-killing prevention in snow-leopard country.
Why Pakistan is our launch country
Three factors: the welfare gap is acute and well-documented, established Pakistani veterinary partners exist and can absorb funding immediately, and the CNVR model has strong international evidence behind it.
Key Species in Pakistan
Welfare priority
Community street dogs
Welfare priority
Working donkeys
Welfare priority
Working horses
Near Threatened
Markhor
Pakistan FAQ
Does culling work as a dog-population control method?
Are there snow leopards in Pakistan?
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