Overview

• On July 3, an unlicensed 11-month-old lion escaped a Lahore farmhouse, mauling a woman and her two children who suffered facial and arm injuries.
• The victims, aged five and seven and their mother, remain in stable condition at a local hospital.
• Lahore police arrested three individuals responsible for the lion’s escape and transferred the animal to a government-run wildlife park.
• Between July 6 and 7, Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department conducted province-wide raids, seizing 13 lions and detaining at least five people for illegal ownership.
• Updated amendments to the Punjab Wildlife Act ban big cats in residential areas, require licences for keeping such animals outside urban limits; violators face up to seven years in prison and steep fines.