A foreign hunter successfully hunted a Kashmiri markhor in Ghairat Gol area of Lower Chitral, with the support of Ghairat Conservation Committee and under the leadership of DFO Wildlife Lower Chitral, Farooq Nabi.
According to the Lower Chitral Wildlife Department, the trophy hunt took place at Kashmir Markhor point in the jurisdiction of Ghairat Conservation Committee.
Spanish hunter Christian Pablo Abello Gamizo obtained a permit to hunt the Kashmir markhor. He paid a fee of US$219,000, equivalent to 61.25 million Pakistani crowns, for the hunting permit. The hunted markhor was nine years old and had a horn 41.5 inches long.
It should be noted that 80% of the income generated from trophy hunting is allocated to local community development projects, while the remaining 20% is deposited in the government treasury.
In December last year, an American hunter paid a permit fee of PKR 75 million to hunt a markhor in the Toshi Shah Conservation Area, setting a record for the highest fee ever paid for markhor hunting in the history of Chitral.
