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Norwegian hunts Markhor for US$ 81200  

CHITRAL, 02 Jan 09:  A Norwegian Hunter Oyvind Christensen hunted Kashmiri Markhor of 47 inches trophy at the Tooshi game reserve. He paid US$ 81200 as permit fee for the hunt. Talking to this scribe Mr. Christensen said that Chitral is a very peaceful place and the people of Chitral are very civilized and cooperative.

DFO Wild Life Imtiaz Hussain said that Chitral was having more than 2000 Markhor population and other wild life like Ibex, snow leopard and rare birds. He said Chitral issues 3 to 4 hunting permits per season and millions of rupees are earned this way. 20% of total amount is taken by wild life department, 40% is given to local community and 40% to conservation committee.

Talking to this scribe Shahzada Gul general secretary of Al-Burhan village conservation committee said that Chitral was having over 2000 Markhors but wild life was issuing only 3 permits. He demanded from high ups of wild life to increase number of permits from 3 to 6 permits per year to compensate the local community and volunteers of village conservation committee.. --(GH Farooqi)

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