Injured Kashmir Markhor visits Chitral town, under treatment at hospital

Pamir Times December 14, 2013

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Gul Hammad Farooqi

Chitral, December 14: An injured Kashmir Markhor, with broken legs and fractures in its back, had been captured some days back in Chitral Town. It had come to the town from the nearby mountains.

Unable to move, the animal was captured by the local residents. It is now under treatment at the Wild Life Department’s hospital in Chitral.

Divisional Forest Officer Chitral Imtiaz Hussain Lal said that the Markhor will be released in the wild after treatment and healing.

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