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Locals pictured with hunted Kashmiri Markhor. \u2014 Reporter\u00a0<\/p>\n
An American trophy hunter has successfully hunted a Kashmir Markhor in the Shasha-Thoshi Community Managed Game Reserve in Chitral under the supervision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department.<\/p>\n
In a press release, Divisional Forest Officer (Wildlife) Chitral Farooq Nabi said the hunt was carried out in the Thoshi Shasha Conservancy strictly in line with national and international trophy hunting regulations. <\/p>\n
According to the official, the hunter obtained the legal permit through an international bidding process by offering $270,000, equivalent to approximately Rs756 million. <\/p>\n
He said the amount reflected the global significance of the Kashmir Markhor and highlighted the success of Pakistan\u2019s conservation-based trophy hunting programme, which has turned wildlife protection into a sustainable livelihood source for local communities.<\/p>\n
The American hunter, who chose to remain anonymous, hunted a Markhor with 52-inch horns from a distance of around 510 metres, demonstrating adherence to ethical hunting standards, Nabi added.<\/p>\n
Wildlife Department officials remained present throughout the process to ensure transparency, compliance with the approved permit, and adherence to conservation protocols, the press release stated. <\/p>\n
He further said that 80% of the trophy hunting revenue would be allocated directly to community welfare and development projects, including education, healthcare, infrastructure, and conservation-related livelihoods. <\/p>\n
The revenue-sharing model, he noted, had played a key role in promoting community ownership, curbing illegal hunting, and protecting endangered species.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Kashmir Markhor is not merely a trophy; it is a symbol of conservation success,\u201d Nabi said, adding that regulated trophy hunting ensured the survival of the species while improving socio-economic conditions for local communities.<\/p>\n
The Kashmir Markhor, Pakistan\u2019s national animal, is listed globally as a near-threatened species, while community-managed conservation initiatives in Chitral have been recognised for reversing population decline and strengthening wildlife protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Locals pictured with hunted Kashmiri Markhor. \u2014 Reporter\u00a0 An American trophy hunter has successfully hunted a Kashmir Markhor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-245271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}