Blue Sheep having 32 Inchs Long Horns; Hunted

A blue sheep with 32-inch-long horns is hunted by an Italian hunter; Boieti Gian Carlo in the wildlife conservatory at Hunza Gojal near the Pak-China border. Blue sheep is the Pakistan’s longest and the world’s second longest animal.  The Italian hunter payed permit fee of 8,000 US dollars to the Gilgit-Baltistan wildlife department. Blue sheep is a rare species and only found in Nepal and Pakistan.

80 percent of the income from the sale of hunting permits went to the local community to be spent on development of wildlife in their respective areas. Twenty per cent of the amount would go to the government exchequer. In Khunjrab Village Organization's wildlife reserve live 30 snow leopards and other wildlife species.

The hunting season begins in November and ends in April. The wildlife department issues hunting permits for only the aged animals.