Preying on an animal to kill them and keep a part of them as a souvenir is simply horrifying. There is no reasonable or logical explanation for trophy hunting. It is not conservation! Trophy hunting drastically affects the population of animals, especially when the animal’s species is already declining, as is the case for the rare Markhor goat.

The population of the Astore Markhor, the national animal of Pakistan, has been declining in recent years due to “deforestation, military activities, and unregulated trophy hunting.” And yet, trophy hunters like Bryan Kinsel Harlan are paying obscene amounts of money to travel there and kill them. He paid $110,000 recently to kill a beautiful Astore Mankhor goat. About the hunt, he says, “I’ve hunted nearly every animal in Pakistan…