Last year, the highest bid received for the associated species of Astor Markhor was $167,525. The concept of trophy hunting has produced positive results as the Markhor population has increased.

“What has happened in this Astor markhor hunt is a prime example of what happens when a hunter and a village come together with a common understanding of conservation. And as that happens, it ...

A trophy hunting program aims to protect the national animal, a goat called the markhor. Local social media was full of protests. But there's another side to the story.

He reportedly paid a record $110,000 to shoot an Astor markhor, a rare species of goat in Pakistan, as part of a conservation program.

The Gilgit-Baltistan government, earlier this week, granted a permit to hunt an Astor markhor for a record $186,000, one of the highest permits in the world to kill an animal.

According to the Dallas Morning News, Bryan Kinsel Harlan travelled to Pakistan and paid the steep amount of cold, hard cash in order to hunt an Astor markhor, a rare wild goat. The animal was shot ...

Often categorised based on their horn configuration, Markhors have been divided into five subspecies including Astor Markhor, Bukharan Markhor, Kabul Markhor, Kashmir Markhor and Suleiman Markhor.

Last year, licence for hunting Astor markhor was auctioned for $55,700. The officials said the previous trophy hunting programme earned $248,000.

A trophy hunting program aims to protect the national animal, a goat called the markhor. Local social media was full of protests. But there's another side to the story.