PESHAWAR: A documentary of international standard featuring common
leopard has been filmed with the objective of creating awareness among
masses especially local communities of Galyat in Abbottabad about
ecological importance of the big cat in maintenance of strong ecosystem.
The
documentary has been prepared with joint efforts of World Wide Fund for
Nature-Pakistan (WWF), an international non-governmental organisation
striving to save endangered wild species, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wildlife
department and the Walkabout Films Production Company.
“Apart from
educating people about environmental importance of common leopard the
objective of the documentary was also to apprise the world community
about serious efforts being made in Pakistan for conservation of top
predator and its habitat,” informed Wasim Ahmad, coordinator WWF.
The documentary took around two years for completion and would soon be released on international channels, he added.
The
Walkabout Films Production Company is working on global wildlife
projects, including Planet Earth (the award winning BBC/Discovery
series) and has already prepared a read more
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