In this picture taken on May 20, 2019, Bilal Mansoor Khawaja (L), a private zoo owner, looks at his white lion in Karachi. - Pakistani laws make it easy to import exotic animals, but once inside the country regulation is almost non-existent. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) / TO GO WITH Pakistan-animals-wildlife, FEATURE by David STOUT
KARACHI: Bilal Mansoor Khawaja beams as he runs his palms over the ivory coat of a white lion, one of thousands of exotic animals at his personal “zoo” in Karachi, where a thriving wildlife trade caters to Pakistan’s gilded elite.
“These are... (some) of the rarest animals I own,” boasts the 29-year-old industrialist of his leashed lion.
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