COVID-19: Hundreds of abandoned animals die at Pakistan pet markets

Pet shops hurriedly shuttered as Pakistan cities went into lockdown due to coronavirus

Last updated: April 07, 2020 | 11:32

AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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As the virus pandemic grew, Pakistan's major cities were plunged into lockdown, forcing many shops to close. | Vendor Asmat Khan feeding a cat outside his closed shop.

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A vendor covering the cages of animals outside his closed shop.

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Animals still alive in the corner of Karachi's sprawling Empress Market were rescued only after activists appealed to the authorities for access.

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Resident Ali Khurshid feeding stray dogs on a street .

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Resident Ali Khurshid playing with stray dogs before feeding them on a street near Clifton beach.

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Abandoned when Pakistan's largest cities went into lockdown, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered as the coronavirus spread.

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Cats sitting in cages outside a closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown.

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A vendor moving the cages of animals outside his closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown.

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Resident Ali Khurshid playing with stray dogs before feeding them on a street.

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Vendor Asmat Khan feeding a cat outside his closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown.

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Resident Noor Ali feeding stray dogs on a street.

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A vendor closing his shop after feeding the animals during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Karachi.

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Noor Ali feeding stray dogs on a street.

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