Ardent love for animals from childhood turns a young boy as passionate protector of wild species.

PESHAWAR -- Strong affection for animals from childhood mould a young boy as a passionate conservationist whose awareness messages on social media help saving hundreds of wild species from being poached or killed besides convincing his peers to become part of this protection effort.

Fahad Malik, a young boy from Lahore whose fondness for wild animals has made him an enthusiastic protector of animals and conservationist, was using social media platform for education of masses about wild species.

Apart from his busy schedule of real state business in Lahore, Fahad was regularly giving due time to different groups he has established on Facebook, YouTube and Whatsapp for wildlife conservation and regularly uploads messages and videos apprising members about different wild species besides operations to rescue trapped animals.

Hundred of thousands of social media users were following the groups founded by Fahad Malik on social media and watch videos showing operations to rescue different wild animals founded in populated areas and were later released in natural habitats.

A page created by Fahad Malik on Facebook titled `The Reptile World' on June 5, 2019 in connection with `World Environment Day' has attracted around 20,635 followers who all were now serving as `Animal Protectors'.

Similarly another page titled as 'Wild Asia', highlighting information about wildlife of Asia, has 18.1k members who share information on social awareness besides promotion of conservation activities in the region.

A separate page on Facebook has been set up in national Urdu language for better understanding of common people.

Fahad has also founded `Mission Awareness Foundation', an organization working on voluntarily basis for rescue of wildlife in the country.

Under Mission Awareness Foundation teams were formed in different parts of the country and even abroad who become part of the conservation campaign after getting aspiration from Malik's work for education of people about the wild species.

People from different parts of the country were approaching experts in the Mission Awareness Foundation and informed them about presence of different kind of wild animals in populated areas and get guidance about trapping them and then releasing in natural habitats.

'From childhood I had great affection for wild animals and this inclination inspired me to become a protector of wild species which are at a great risk due to hunting, trade and losing of habitat,' observed Fahad.

...