Yashma said, “Even if it was illegal, the animals didn’t have to suffer. Animals are not property, they’re lives.”

Several shopkeepers later filmed videos showing pets being recovered from the rubble, many of them injured or dead.

For most of her life, Rano had been confined to deplorable conditions at the Karachi Zoo.

Justice Iqbal Kalhoro criticised the poor conditions in local zoos, questioning their viability and stated that animals should live in natural habitats instead.

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