Pakistan is home to majestic wildlife, including ordinary and snow leopards, brown and black bears, Indian pangolines, fresh water and sea turtles, Indus flood dolfations and various species of resident and migrant birds.

But these wildlife species face serious threats from wildlife crimes that include illegal trade, poaching, hunting and poor treatment.

An application has been launched to report wildlife crimes and coordinate meaningful actions from government departments and law enforcement agencies.

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) said in his press release issued on the occasion of World Wildlife Day 2025. It also said this is the first time this application has been launched to tackle crimes facing the wildlife in Pakistan.

The use was developed during the secure of the future of the Indian Pangolin project supported by Pangolin Crisi’s finding. A link to the application on Google Drive has been developed for reporting crimes and will soon be available in the Google Play Store.

The theme of 2025 World Wildlife Day, ‘Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet,’ focuses on innovative technologies and improves collaboration to improve the efficiency and sustainability of existing financial resources.

It highlights the urgent need to strengthen investment in conservation efforts, ensuring an elastic and sustainable future for humanity and the natural world.

Advanced technologies such as software applications, artificial intelligence, camera rappers and satellite data can help tackle wildlife threats, monitor conservation benefits and promote effective strategies to protect endangered wildlife. This application reports and collects data on crimes in wildlife, enabling the relevant departments and agencies to intervene against criminals in wildlife.

Director-General of WWF Pakistan General Hammad Naqi Khan noted that tackling wildlife crimes requires an inclusive approach involving government departments, law enforcement, civil society and local communities.

Tackling such crimes could be improved by building capacity, promoting cooperation, increasing attention and creating the enabling of conditions that integrate the expertise of AI specialists, conservation experts and members of local communities. Khan emphasized the essential role of wildlife to promote ecosystem control and human well -being.

With reference to the application, Khan said it would create a platform for wildlife officials, conservation experts and the public to interact and share valuable information about illegal wild activities “to protect wildlife, we need to work together and take immediate action to combat wildlife crime as it is one of the main causes of species that fall on locals, national and international levels,” Khan.