{"id":58225,"date":"2016-02-23T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T10:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=58225"},"modified":"2016-02-23T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T13:47:26","slug":"gilgit-filipino-hunter-bags-seasons-largest-astore-markhor-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2016\/02\/23\/gilgit-filipino-hunter-bags-seasons-largest-astore-markhor-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgit: Filipino hunter bags season&#8217;s largest Astore Markhor trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Meraj Alam <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gilgit<\/strong>:\u00a0 As the trophy hunting season draws to a\u00a0close in Gilgit-Baltistan, a Philippine hunter has killed the season\u2019s largest Astore Markhore in Sasi valley of district Gilgit on Monday. Hunting of the Astore Markhor\u00a0costed the Filipino hunter a good\u00a067,500 US dollars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAstore Markhore, with a trophy measuring 44 inches, \u00a0was hunted from a distance of\u00a0260 meters&#8221;, said Ali, a local guide, while sharing details with Pamir Times. The hunter has been identified as\u00a0Anariky Founandous, a resident of Philippine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was a wonderful experience for me. Without the support of Sasi valley community I wouldn\u2019t have been able to collect the trophy or make the hunt\u201d, Anariky Founandous told Pamir Times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, G-B government set this year\u2019s hunting permits for four markhors, 60 ibexes and eight blue sheep were auctioned in Gilgit this week. The licence fees for markhors, Himalayan blue sheep and ibexes have been set at $67,500, $8,800 and $3,000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hunting season begins in November and ends in April every year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mobashir, RFO Wild life Gilgit told Pamir time that the trophy hunting quota is decided on the basis of annual surveys conducted by wildlife experts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Trophy hunting programme began in the 1980s. It is carried out under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wildlife and is allowed only in notified areas of G-B in collaboration with the relevant communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThreatened species in G-B\u00a0 markhors in particular\u00a0 are hunted by foreigners in return for thousands of dollars.With each hunt, GB government would give 80 per cent of the proceeds to the respective local communities and the rest of 20 per cent would go to the government exchequer\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meraj Alam Gilgit:\u00a0 As the trophy hunting season draws to a\u00a0close in Gilgit-Baltistan, a Philippine hunter has killed the season\u2019s largest Astore Markhore in Sasi valley of district Gilgit on Monday. Hunting of the Astore Markhor\u00a0costed the Filipino hunter a good\u00a067,500 US dollars. \u201cAstore Markhore, with a trophy measuring 44 inches, \u00a0was hunted from a 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