CHITRAL: A US citizen successfully hunted a magnificent Kashmiri Markhor at the Gahirat-Golen community game reserve during the third trophy hunting in the ongoing season in the district.
According to the details shared by a Wildlife Department official, Farooq Nabi, the US national, named Robert Myles Hall, hunted the Kashmir Markhor for a trophy permit of $125,000.
The hunted markhor aged about eight years and the horn size of the giant four-legged wild goat was around 38 inches. The officials added that the population of Kashmir Markhor increased in recent years in light of community-based conservation.
Markhor, a wild goat native to high-altitude monsoon forests in central Asia, are highly valued for their majestic horns. The markhor is a large capra species native to Central Asia, Karakoram and the Himalayas.
Annually, three hunting trophy licenses are issued for Markhor hunting and 80% of the total cost is distributed among local communities and 20% is deposited in the national exchequer.
Mar khor is protected by local and international laws such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
In December last year, a US national hunted a mar khor at the Tooshi Shasha Conservancy of Lower Chitral district after obtaining a permit for the hunt via a bidding process.
Deron James Millman won the bid in October with a whopping $232,000, making it the biggest bid in history.
Mar khor is protected by local and international laws such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
In December last year, a US national hunted a mar khor at the Tooshi Shasha Conservancy of Lower Chitral district after obtaining a permit for the hunt via a bidding process.
Deron James Millman won the bid in October with a whopping $232,000, making it the biggest bid in history.