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Spanish hunter pays hefty amount of $219,000 for markhor hunt

Spanish hunter, Christian Pablo Abello Gamizo, obtained a permit to hunt the Kashmir markhor

News Desk
January 12, 2025

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.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884812


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Spanish national hunts Kashmir Markhor in Chitral

Our Correspondent Published January 13, 2025 Updated about 8 hours ago 0

CHITRAL: A Spanish national hunted a Kashmir Markhor with a horn length of 41.5 inches in community-managed game reserve area of Gahirait-Golen here on Sunday. He had obtained the permit from the wildlife department at $219,000 (Rs61.257 million), which is said to be the second highest price for the wild goat.

Divisional forest officer, Chitral wildlife division, Farooq Nabi told Dawn that assisted by the local community, Cristian Pablo Abello Gamazo, 52, faced no difficulty in searching the nine-and-half-year wild goat of the trophy-size.

He said the hunter took a record time of only five minutes to hunt the goat down firing from a distant range using his 330-win-mag rifle.

Mr Nabi said the Spanish hunter is businessman by profession having experience of trophy hunting of different animals in many countries, while it was his first adventure in Pakistan.


Published in Dawn, January 13th, 2025