Gilgit-Baltistan to auction 117 trophy hunting permits

The Parks and Wildlife Department in Gilgit-Baltistan is preparing to auction one hundred seventeen trophy hunting permits for the twenty twenty-six to twenty twenty-seven season. As Dawn tells it, base rates for the permits include two hundred thousand dollars for markhor, twenty-five thousand dollars for blue sheep, and eleven thousand dollars for ibex. The open bidding is scheduled for September tenth, with hunting permitted in designated conservation areas through April twenty twenty-seven. Local business owners have warned that repeated price hikes could damage the local economy and the conservation program.

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