A foreign hunter successfully hunted a Kashmir markhor in the Ghairat Gol area of Lower Chitral, with the support of the 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 the Kashmir Markhor point in the Ghairat Conservation Committee’s jurisdiction.
Spanish hunter, Christian Pablo Abello Gamizo, obtained a permit to hunt the Kashmir markhor. He paid a fee of USD 219,000, equivalent to PKR 61.25 million, for the hunting permit. The hunted markhor was nine years old and had a horn length of 41.5 inches.
It is noteworthy that 80% of the revenue generated from trophy hunting is allocated to local community development projects, while the remaining 20% is deposited into 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 Chitral’s history.
