A U.S. trophy hunter paid $110,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan
Source: Washington Post
A U.S. trophy hunter paid $110,000 to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan
By Pamela Constable February 12 at 6:00 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The photograph, published last week in Pakistani newspapers, was stunning. It showed a magnificent mountain goat, with huge, symmetrically spiral horns, nestled on a rock and surrounded by breathtaking snowy mountains, with a man kneeling and smiling behind him.
It took a few seconds to realize that the animal, a wild Astore markhor, was dead. The caption described the man as an American hunter who had paid a record $110,000 to shoot it on a tourist expedition to Pakistan’s northern Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan.
“It was an easy and close shot. I am pleased to take this trophy,” the hunter, identified as Bryan Kinsel Harlan, was quoted as saying. His home state or city was not identified, but his Pakistani guides said he is from Texas.
The story drew immediate expressions of sorrow and indignation on social media here. Some Pakistani commentators asked why there was no legal ban on hunting the markhor (Capra falconeri), which is the official national animal. Others suggested that foreign tourists be taken to photograph the exotic goats, not shoot them.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-us-trophy-hunter-paid-110000-to-kill-a-rare-mountain-goat-in-pakistan/2019/02/11/29654a74-2c73-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html
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Source: Samaa TV
US man hunts a markhor in Gilgit-Baltistan for $110,000
February 5, 2019 Manzar Hasan shigri
A US hunter paid $110,000 to hunt Pakistan’s national animal in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Bryan Kinsel Harlan hunted the Astore markhor in Sassi-Haramosh on Monday. He is the highest fee payer for the hunt. The government auctioned four permits to hunt markhors last year, of which three people have already hunted the screw horn goat.
Local chairman Hamid Hussain said that the money earned from the hunt is spent on development of the area.
“It is an honour and privilege to be back in Pakistan,” said Harlan. “This is the third time I am in Pakistan. I have hunted almost all animals here. I saved the markhors for the last,” he said.
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Although hunting the markhor is illegal in Pakistan, the government has introduced a scheme which makes the hunt legal. The scheme is known as trophy hunting.
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Read more: https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/02/us-man-hunts-a-markhor-in-gilgit-baltistan-for-110000/
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Taken from the world by a lesser creature.
SHAME on the Pakistan government!
