Dr Mujahid Kamran adopts brown bears

Lahore: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has called upon the human beings to love animals as man is incomplete without loving animals. He was addressing brown bears naming ceremony at Lahore Zoo here on Thursday.

The two 1-year-old female baby brown bears are named Sang and Sachi. Sang means “the enlightened one” and Sachi means “the blessed child”.

Dean Faculty of Law Prof Dr Shazia Naureen Qureshi, Director PU Undergraduate Studies Prof Dr Amir Ejaz, Director Lahore Zoo Shafqat Ali, faculty members and students were present on the occasion.

Addressing the ceremony, Dr Mujahid Kamran said that man is the vicegerent of Allah and it was his responsibility to protect every species in the world. He said that he liked to see Animal Planet. He said that Allah has blessed Pakistan with unique and rare types of birds and animals along with abundance of natural resources.

Director Lahore Zoo Shafqat Ali said that brown bears were facing extinction and we must take care of them. He said that naming animals showed our love with those animals.

Later, a cake-cutting ceremony was organized and Director Lahore Zoo presented souvenir of Markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, to Prof Dr Shazia Naureen Qureshi.