Dianda Christopher Anthony became the second American to hunt down the flare horned Markhor in Gilgit. PHOTO: EXPRESS
GILGIT: As trophy hunting season continues in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), local communities are receiving more financial benefits in return for facilitating the legal hunt of the wild animals.
Last week, Dianda Christopher Anthony became the second American to hunt down the flare horned Markhor in the region. Anthony’s hunt came in return for $105,000, an amount he had paid to purchase a permit in October when permits for four-Markhor hunts were auctioned.
Of the amount paid by him, 80 per cent went to the community as a reward for conserving the wildlife.
Shooting permit: Three Markhor trophy hunting licences go for Rs10m each
The Himalayan goat that Anthony shot down had 48-inch long horns, which officials say are the longest ever. “To my knowledge it’s the biggest horn size of Markhor…
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Exposing the Big Game 
They just look like overly indulged, overly privileged ugly Americans, narcissistic and completely unaware of and unconcerned about anything but themselves. Any rationale they have for this behavior is just for convenience. 😦
All hunters, I’m afraid, suffer from some kind of mental illness… why killing to show their power? They should better take a good psychiatrist and take some improvement about self esteem, in place of taking a rifle.
What gives humans the right to do this? Nothing – they just take the ‘right’, and it doesn’t speak well of humanity at all. I really do hope that this kind of supremacist (in every way) behavior is on the way out.
Speciesist.