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 hunting took place at the Kashmir Markhor point in the jurisdiction of the Ghairat Conservation Committee.
Spanish hunter Christian Pablo Abello Gamizo obtained a permit to hunt Kashmir markhor. He paid a fee of USD 219,000, equivalent to PKR 61.25 million, for the hunting license. The hunted markhor was nine years old and measured 41.5 inches in length.
It should be noted that 80% of the revenue generated from trophy hunting is allocated to local community development projects, while the remaining 20% is deposited into the public treasury.
In December last year, an American hunter paid PKR 75 million for a permit to hunt markhor in the Toshi Shah Conservation Area, setting the record for the highest fee ever paid for markhor hunting in the history of Chitral.
