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Markhor dies of electric shock
The ill-fated markhor carcass in the custody of the wildlife department. — Dawn
CHITRAL: A Kashmir markhor was electrocuted in Kilishpi pasture of Toshi Shasha game reserve here in early hours of Wednesday.
The wild goat got electric shock when its horns touched a low-lying live transmission line of the hydro-power station run by the local community.
Divisional forest officer of the Chitral wildlife division Imtiaz Hussain told Dawn that the hump above the tail and the right ear of the animal were burnt by electric current passing through the high tension wires.
He said the height of the 10-year-old animal was 43 inches and it was one of the animals marked for trophy hunting in the conservancy last year of which a 42-inch markhor was hunted by an American hunter on a Rs10.05 million permit.
Hussain said markhors migrated to high altitudes after the advent of summer season and increase in the intensity of heat in their natural habitat in low areas and that the dead animal was also migrating to higher places.
He said the transmission lines of the local power station were a potential danger to the animals, which were hardly few feet high above the ground.
“These power lines transversally pass through the route, which markhors adopt for migration to higher altitudes,” he said.
The divisional forest officer said there were 15 more markhors of trophy size with lengths measuring more than 36 inches in Killishpi pasture.
He said more might die of electric shock as the local community was not bothered to increase the height of powers lines. Hussain said last year, a local minor girl died of electric shock caused by low-lying transmission lines.
“The death of the animal is tantamount to the local community and the government losing Rs10 million as its hunting permit has exceeded the amount last year. Of the amount, 80 percent goes to the local community for development through village conservation committees,” he said.
The carcass of the markhor was brought to the divisional office of wildlife, where veterinary doctor Sheikh Ahmad autopsied it and confirmed it was electrocuted.
Hussain said the stuffed hide of the animal along with its horns and head would be sent to the department’s Peshawar head office for exhibition in museum.
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Markhor dies of electric shock
The ill-fated markhor carcass in the custody of the wildlife department. — Dawn
CHITRAL: A Kashmir markhor was electrocuted in Kilishpi pasture of Toshi Shasha game reserve here in early hours of Wednesday.
The wild goat got electric shock when its horns touched a low-lying live transmission line of the hydro-power station run by the local community.
Divisional forest officer of the Chitral wildlife division Imtiaz Hussain told Dawn that the hump above the tail and the right ear of the animal were burnt by electric current passing through the high tension wires.
He said the height of the 10-year-old animal was 43 inches and it was one of the animals marked for trophy hunting in the conservancy last year of which a 42-inch markhor was hunted by an American hunter on a Rs10.05 million permit.
Hussain said markhors migrated to high altitudes after the advent of summer season and increase in the intensity of heat in their natural habitat in low areas and that the dead animal was also migrating to higher places.
He said the transmission lines of the local power station were a potential danger to the animals, which were hardly few feet high above the ground.
“These power lines transversally pass through the route, which markhors adopt for migration to higher altitudes,” he said.
The divisional forest officer said there were 15 more markhors of trophy size with lengths measuring more than 36 inches in Killishpi pasture.
He said more might die of electric shock as the local community was not bothered to increase the height of powers lines. Hussain said last year, a local minor girl died of electric shock caused by low-lying transmission lines.
“The death of the animal is tantamount to the local community and the government losing Rs10 million as its hunting permit has exceeded the amount last year. Of the amount, 80 percent goes to the local community for development through village conservation committees,” he said.
The carcass of the markhor was brought to the divisional office of wildlife, where veterinary doctor Sheikh Ahmad autopsied it and confirmed it was electrocuted.
Hussain said the stuffed hide of the animal along with its horns and head would be sent to the department’s Peshawar head office for exhibition in museum.
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