Upper Chitral | Pakistan

CHITRAL: A tragic incident occurred during trophy hunting of Himalayan Ibex in Barp area of Upper Chitral, where a non-local hunter’s long struggle and investment of hundreds of thousands of rupees went to waste when his shot hit a juvenile ibex instead of the intended target. According to details, a hunter from another district, assisted by local community members, had selected a large ibex with heavy horns for the hunt after exhausting tracking and searching. However, reportedly due to his weapon failure, the bullet’s trajectory changed, and instead of hitting the selected adult ibex, it struck a nearby three-year-old ibex and killed it. Locals said that aggrieved and heartbroken over the failure to secure his dream trophy and the unintentional mistake, the hunter departed. Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of valley conservation committee (VCC) Thorjal Barp was held with its president Sultan Zarin in the chair to discuss the incident in which a unanimous resolution was passed. The resolution stated that hunt...