American national in Pakistan hunts highest-rated rare Astoremarkhor

Hudson paid USD 61,500 to obtain the licence of hunting the highest-rated Astoremarkhor.
Last month, another American, Joseph Bradford, hunted a Kashmir markhor with 40-inch horns in Chitral’sToshiShasha conservation area with a bow, making a record as it was the first trophy hunting performed with a bow. He had paid around Rs 13.12 million (USD 81,583) for the permit.
The trophy hunting programme, which began in the 1980s, is carried out under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wildlife and is allowed only in the notified areas of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Any person found involved in illegal hunting is caught and penalised.

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