KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) denied that the meat of the elephant Noor Jehan, who died at Karachi Zoo after a long illness, sold after her death.
In a short tweet, the group in charge of municipal services said that there’s “no truth” to these rumours.
“The rumour that the zoo’s elephant Noor Jahan’s meat sold on social media is not true,” said a statement from Karachi Administrator Dr. Saif-ur-Rehman.
It made clear that the female tusker’s autopsy and burial done with the help of international experts and vets.
KMC said that people from the international group Four Paws, which works to help animals, were also there.
“KMC has pictures and videos of every part of the female elephant’s postmortem and burial,” the statement said.
The municipal corporation also said that people who spread these kinds of rumours taken to court.
“Spreading rumours that Noor Jehan’s meat sold is a sneaky way to make KMC and the country look bad,” it said.
Noor Jehan, an elephant 17 years old, died because of long-term health problems that made worse by a lack of care at the zoo. Shes buried at Karachi Zoo last Sunday.
