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U.S. citizen hunts down markhor with license

News Desk

Feb 19

Another foreign hunter has hunted down a markhor in Pakistan with a license that preservation experts say helps in increasing the population of the endangered animal.

During the third trophy hunt, an American citizen, Robert Myles Hall, hunted a Kashmiri Markhor at the Gahirat-Golen community game for a trophy permit of $125,000.

The animal was reportedly about eight years old while the horns of the giant four-legged wild goat was around 38 inches.

According to Geo news, officials have claimed that the population of Kashmir Markhor has increased during the recent years, owing to community-based conservation.

Three hunting trophy licences are issued every year for Markhor hunting. 80 per cent of the total price is divided among local communities and 20 per cent is granted to the national exchequer.

Markhor is kept under the protection of local as well as international law like the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).

In October last year, 2023, Deron James Millman won a bid of $232,000 — the highest in history.

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