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

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

Published: April 07, 2020 11:32 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 788673-01-08-1586244350431 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788677-01-08-1586244367230 — A vendor covering the cages of animals outside his closed shop. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788670-01-08-1586244342373 — Animals still alive in the corner of Karachi's sprawling Empress Market were rescued only after activists appealed to the authorities for access. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788671-01-08-1586244345194 — Resident Ali Khurshid feeding stray dogs on a street . Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788675-01-08-1586244362264 — Resident Ali Khurshid playing with stray dogs before feeding them on a street near Clifton beach. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788672-01-08-1586244347471 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788674-01-08-1586244359372 — Cats sitting in cages outside a closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788667-01-08-1586244388932 — A vendor moving the cages of animals outside his closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788668-01-08-1586244394052 — Resident Ali Khurshid playing with stray dogs before feeding them on a street. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788669-01-08-1586244397843 — Vendor Asmat Khan feeding a cat outside his closed shop during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788676-01-08-1586244364935 — Resident Noor Ali feeding stray dogs on a street. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788665-01-08-1586244373205 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 788666-01-08-1586244377362 — Noor Ali feeding stray dogs on a street. Image Credit: AFP

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