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Himalayan lynx filmed for the first time while hunting a markhor in Chitral


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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Wildlife Department team and a WWF-Pakistan’s filmmaker captured a Himalayan lynx hunting a markhor on the cliffs of Chitral valley.

According to an official statement, this is for the first time that a nocturnal hunter and highly elusive animal has been filmed in the area.

The lynx, locally considered as a rare species, is known to be present in Chitral, as well as other northern areas of Pakistan including Gilgit-Baltistan, read the statement, adding that the exact distribution and range are not known.

Regarding filming of this hunt, Director General, WWF-Pakistan Hammad Naqi Khan said that the Himalayan lynx is one of the last remaining apex predators in the area.

He was of the view that humans are the biggest threat to wildlife due to an increase in human population, retaliatory killings, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation and lack of awareness regarding the ecosystem and food chains.

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S: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/04/24/first-himalayan-lynx-filmed-hunting-markhor-chitral/

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