PESHAWAR: A case has been registered against three people in Chitral after they fired aerial shots to make a markhor flee during a hunt.
A US hunter had paid $150,000 for a permit to shoot the rare animal. He was waiting for the perfect timing since morning when someone from the area fired shots before him and the markhor managed to flee.
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On Friday, a hunter from Spain has paid $85,300 to hunt markhor in Gilgit-Baltistan as part of the trophy hunting programme.
The markhor is Pakistan’s national animal. The wild goat is an endangered species. It can be found in Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral, Kalash Valley and Hunza among other northern parts of the country.
Hunting the markhor is illegal in Pakistan, but the government has introduced a scheme after selling license permits at high prices.
