
Pakistani zookeeper Mohammad Amir holds a lion cub confiscated from YouTuber Rajab Butt, at a safari zoo in Lahore on January 28, 2025. — AFP
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LAHORE: A Pakistani YouTube star, who was given a lion cab gift on his wedding day, has avoided the jail after promising to upload an animal rights videos for a year.
Rajab Butt is the largest online following in the South Asian country, and in the end of December, a week long weddings were plastering on celebrities’ gossip websites.
When a sleeping lion, which resembled the young Samba from the 2019 “Sher King” movie, was presented to them in the east megate of Lahore overnight in the gold cage with gold in front of thousands of guests, in front of thousands of guests, Images spread fast online
Butt, “It’s raining rain”, in the title of a video of the event, which received about 10 million views.
After the morning, the police raided his house, seized the cab and kept the young man into custody overnight. “We found out about the tiger through social media,” said Faisal Musk, an inspector of the Punjab Provincial Wildlife Department.
Police officers went to Butt’s house and found them roaming around the garage, he said. “It was in bad shape, because it was very cold,” the commoner said.
Last week, Butt proved to be a crime to own a non -documentary wild animal, but the judge waived a two -year potential penalty and prison sentence for a more appropriate punishment.
Judge Hameedul -ur -Rehman Nasir’s ruling said that every month for one year, he would have to post a five -minute video dedicated to animal rights.
After acknowledging in a court statement, the influence on social media agreed on the terms that he set a poor example “to accept the gift and” glorify it “. According to the platform, Butt is one of the country’s highest paid YouTube stars, and usually posts video about the daily life of his family, from arguments to the purchase of a new car.
Tanveer Janjua, an experienced wildlife official in Punjab, said that the child was probably purchased between 700,000 and 800,000 Pakistani rupees.
He told AFP, “It is morally and legally wrong to snatch such a young child from his mother,” he said, which was probably still feeding her.
A week after the arrest of Uber, an adult lion escaped from his cage, passing through the narrow streets of the Lahore neighborhood when residents hit their roofs.
The whole growing adult man was eventually shot dead by a security guard, causing warm anger about the dangers of possessing a large cat in the residential area on social media.
Big cats are imported and breeding all over Pakistan, which is seen as a symbol of wealth and power for the elite who owns. Last year, the PML-N, who ruled the government, banned supporters from bringing the party’s symbols to political rallies.
However, severe new rules and regulations that ban private cats in residential areas are currently making their way through the provincial government of Punjab.
Breeders will have to buy a license and will have at least 10 acres (four hectares) of land at the site approved by forest life officials.
The skilled lion cab, whose name has not been named, is now enjoying the winter sun in an open pen in the spreading zoo in Lahore on the edge of the city, on the edge of the city.
Zoo’s deputy director Janjua has raided hundreds against owners, breeders and hunters in the last 33 years to seize wild animals, including lions, often removed teeth and claws.
“Look at the YouTubers that use these animals to get clicks. How are they spreading cruelty to these animals? He said, “Among those who parades them in their cars and in political meetings.”
“They can never become your pet. It will not have to say anything for two or three months, but after that, it will be aggressive.
When he is close to retirement, Janjua says his entire career in attitudes with animals has worsened. However, the laws have improved, they say. “Now wildlife officials have dedicated uniforms, weapons and we will get our courts,” he told AFP. “The courts that already exist are now tough about animal cruelty.”