Why do the hunters kill Markhor? What are the threats, other than hunting responsible
for the decline in their number?
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The markhor is a large Capra species native to Central Asia, Karakoram and the Himalayas. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened since 2015.
Markhors Use Their Horns for Fighting to Win a Mate
Their corkscrew-shaped horns are often used to dig for food, remove bark from trees, and they even have rings in them like a tree to tell how old a markhor is.
They move up to a higher altitude during the summer months, but as the air gets colder, they move down to the lower areas, because they want to avoid deep snow so they can find food better.
Markhors eat only vegetation such as grass, leaves, oak trees, pine, juniper, and fir. They graze during the summer, but during the winter, they need to browse. They eat a lot due to their massive size and may eat 8-14 hours a day. They take a break during the hottest part of the day when they will rest and chew their cud. Sometimes their cud will fall out of their mouth onto the ground. People will use this to help relieve bee stings.
In NWFP, markhor face a number of threats that include habitat fragmentation, dependence of local communities on natural resources, unawareness, poaching, and lack of conservation funds making conservation of markhor a challenging task both for the government and local communities.
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