Trophy Hunting Gilgit Baltistan

These intimate photographs of the Himalayan Lynx were taken in Pakistan.

Captured feasting on a freshly hunted markhor in Chitral Valley, these images give us the closest look yet into the predatory behaviour of this highly elusive big cat of Pakistan’s northern mountains.

Almost exclusively a nocturnal hunter, it took a fine combination of patience, powerful telescopic lenses and a serious stroke of luck for our photographer, supported by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department, to capture this incredible moment.

Photos by: Nyal Mueenuddin
Source: WWF-Pakistan

Pakistani hunter Usman Ahsan hunted season’s second Blue Sheep with horns measuring above 33 inches in Shimshal Community Control Hunting Area (CCHA). He paid 580,000 (Five Hundred & Eighty Thousand Only) as hunting fee .

Under the Trophy Hunting Program, 80% of the amount paid by hunters are given to the local community to invest on local development and the conservation of endangered animals