Mexican man hunts markhor in Chitral with Rs10m permit

[WAJsal]

— Dawn
CHITRAL: A Mexican man on Saturday hunted the Kashmir markhor in Toshi Shasha conservancy here.

Aged eight years old, the markhor’s horns measured 40 inches for which the foreigner had obtained hunting permit at over Rs10 million.

Range officer of the local wildlife department Irshad Ahmed told Dawn that the hunter, Adrian Gonzalez, didn’t waste his time to single out the animal of desired length and physique. “The Mexican national proved to be an expert hunter as he easily shot down the stout and healthy Himalayan goat from a distant range as the slippery pitch didn’t allow him to move further towards the animal,” he said.

Irshad Ahmed said that this was the season‘s first trophy hunting while many more hunters were scheduled to arrive during the month of March. He said that the last trophy hunting had been carried out in the conservancy in March, last year when a German boy, Philips Hermann, had hunted a 43-inch-long markhor.

Mr Ahmed said that wildlife department had set up village conservation committees (VCCs) which helped in the conservation of biodiversity. “It is due to this reason that the population of kashmir markhor has comfortable density in the district,” he added.

The wildlife department official said that 80 per cent of the hunting permit fee went to the local community for their collective development.

Published in Dawn March 1st , 2015

@syedali73 , @Pomegranate , @Jf Thunder , @Dr. Stranglove , @Green Arrow , @Leader , @BetterPakistan , @Imran Khan .This is so sad and makes me so angry,money can buy anything in this world and look at our incompetent government,they should ban hunting of these majestic creatures.They are endangered animals. WTH man .

 

[Jf Thunder]

we should stop this, we dont want our national animal to be extinct, or they should be bred if the Govt wants to allow hunting.

 

[syedali73]

I love Ibex, and I hate when people are allowed to hunt such magnificent animals. There was a time when I too was very much into hunting but now, I regret what I did. Hunting boars on our lands was fine but animals such as deers, and Ibex, no way.

 

[ganesh177]

Sad state of affairs.

I hope pakistan wakes up and put some efforts to conserve the wild animals left in pakistan.

Making a living out of allowing foreigners to trophgy hunt your biodiversity is a NEW LOW.

 

[Rank]

last time i was heard about 70 - 80,000 USD ?

 

[Bornubus]

Pak govt is not serious regarding whatever little wildlife of the country...if taliban abducts this man instead of innocent i would be more happy

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

there's nothing wrong with hunting, as long as they are not endangered species (like the bustards) - which Balochistan government tried to enforce the ban on hunting them but the federal govt. got in the way or were simply incompetent and didnt care

 

[WAJsal]

Pak govt is not serious regarding whatever little wildlife of the country...if taliban abducts this man instead of innocent i would be more happy

They are not present in that area of the country,luckily.

 

[MastanKhan]

10 million ruppees is a very good price for a trophy hunt. Nothing wrong with it---.

 

[GURU DUTT]

10 million ruppees is a very good price for a trophy hunt. Nothing wrong with it---.

at least he is paying for it

 

[Pomegranate]

what he is gonna do to the animal ???

 

[syedali73]

what he is gonna do to the animal ???

Taxidermy, what else.

 

[Pomegranate]

Taxidermy, what else.

i thought he is gonna eat it

 

[WAJsal]

i thought he is gonna eat it

yah that too.

 

[Mughal-Prince]

That seriously makes me angry