Foreign doctors reach Karachi to treat ailing elephant Noor Jehan

A seven-member team of international experts of Four Paws on Wednesday started the treatment of Noor Jehan – the ailing elephant at the Karachi Zoo.

The team of vets held a meeting with Karachi Administrator Dr Syed Saifur Rahman and the zoo management. The 17-year-old African elephant Noor Jehan underwent a surgical examination.

A Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) press statement said that the team arrived in Pakistan on the request of Sindh government to provide urgent medical assistance to the sick elephant.

Two more experts are expected to arrive in time for the examination, they said.

Their visit follows an order by the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Karachi last year for Four Paws to assess the health of the animals after local animal rights activists had raised concerns in court about their well-being.

It is pertinent to mention here that all four African elephants arrived in Pakistan in 2009. Noor Jehan and Madhubala had been moved to the Karachi Zoo, while Malika and Sonu had been taken to the Safari Park.