A US citizen has paid a whopping 110,000 USD to kill a flared-horned markhor, a rare wildlife species in Pakistan, during a trophy hunting season in the country’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, reported the Dawn.
Markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, is a distinctive species of wild goat identified by its long hair and spiralled horns. It is a protected species in Pakistan unless permitted by the government to kill it under trophy hunting programmes.
This is the highest permit fee ever offered in the country. The foreign hunter managed to hunt a 41-inch markhor trophy, which is considered a good-sized trophy.
