Tag: markhor
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U.S. citizen hunts down markhor with license
Another foreign hunter has hunted down a markhor in Pakistan with a license that preservation experts say helps in increasing the population of the endangered animal. During the third trophy hunt, an American citizen, Robert Myles Hall, hunted a Kashmiri Markhor at the Gahirat-Golen community game for a trophy permit of $125,000. The animal was…
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Markhor hunting permit auctioned for $212,000
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s departments of Climate Change, Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Department on Monday auctioned four liscences for the hunting of Kashmir Markhor in Chitral and Kohistan districts with the highest ever bid recorded at $212,000. The bids for the second, third and fourth were $185,000, $135,900 and $135,000 respectively. A week ago, on October 26,…
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VIDEO: Man in Chitral jumps into river to save baby Markhor from drowning
A young man from Chitral dived into the river to save a baby Markhor from drowning. According to reports, the Markhor was drinking water from the river when it slipped into the deep water. The youth who witnessed the scene, instantly jumped into River Chitral to save it from drowning. He successfully rescued the animal…
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Injured young markhor released into the wild after treatment
A three-year-old young Astore Markhor, who fell from a cliff, was released into its habitat three days after it was rescued and after receiving full treatment for the injuries. According to the Gilgit-Baltistan wildlife department, the markhor had fallen from a cliff in Jutial Nullah area three days ago. Locals had discovered the markhor and…
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Chitral citizens booked over disrupting US hunter
A case was registered against three people in Chitral for meddling into the hunt of a United States (US) citizen, who was hunting Markhor in the area. As per reports, the district forest officer (DFO) in the area said that an American hunter visited the Toshi-II game reserve in Chitral to hunt Markhor. “He obtained…
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Spanish hunter pays $83,500 to kill season’s third markhor in Gilgit
A Spanish hunter in Gilgit has killed the third markhor of the season after paying a whopping $83,500 as the permit fee, ARY reported. According to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Wildlife Department, Carlo Pasco successfully hunted a flared-horned markhor in the conservation area. The hunting fees for different local species were decided in November last year as…
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Kashmir Markhor trophy-hunted in Chitral
American hunter Joe Lawrence Walreven hunted a 48-inch long Kashmir Markhor in Toshi Conservancy in Lower Chitral. According to reports, the hunt was done after a permit worth $140,000 was obtained from the wildlife department. The divisional forest officer of wildlife division, Mohammad Idrees, shared that the 82-year-old hunter faced no difficulty in finding an…
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Season’s first markhor hunted in Skardu
Italian hunter Carlo Pasco has hunted the season’s first Markhor trophy in Skardu town. According to reports, Pasco successfully hunted a flared-horned markhor in Skardu. The hunter had paid a permit fee of $85,000 to hunt a markhor in the region. Late last month, it was reported that the wildlife department of Gilgit Baltistan has…
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$80,000 trophy hunting licenses issued for rare Astore markhor
The wildlife department of Gilgit Baltistan has auctioned four licenses for hunting the markhor, the official national animal of Pakistan. According to a report in Arab News, the Ministry of Climate Change agreed to the licenses, including for trophy hunting of the much in demand flare-horned Astore markhor, a large goat species native to Pakistan.…