Markhor hunting permit auctioned off at record price in Chitral for $160,250.
How can a country be poor when it has national animals like Markhor? A permit for trophy hunting of markhor in Chitral was auctioned off for $160,250 by local officials.
The Wildlife Department claimed in a statement that this was the biggest bid so far for trophy hunting of Pakistan’s national animal. According to the announcement, four permits for the years 2021-2022 have been sold for a total of $575,500. But we appeal do not to sell more otherwise we will lose our national animal.
