Last year I went on an Ibex hunt in Kyrgyzstan. While we were moving from one camp to another we stopped at a Yurt belonging to a nomadic farmer. The guides asked him if there were many Ibex about, anyway the farmer looked really shifty. His wife came out with bread and dips for us which we ate, and in exchange the guides gave him a couple of beers. We left after a short while and one of our guides took off on his horse up along the side of a stream that ran down beside the nomad's yurt. The guide stopped at the stream, started pulling out some big rocks and then two milk churns. The milk churns were being used as a fridge in the stream but the contents looked like Ibex meat, which it later was proven to be. The lad was arrested. I happened to come across this article online about him. Unfortunately you need to subscribe to view it. The locals can buy tags for about $150 to shoot an Ibex, tourists pay about $3,500. The guides said that he would be fined about $3k. Not sure how he would pay that as he didn’t look like he had much money.
Kyrgyzstan Hunt (Poaching)
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kieran222
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Yes, but he could have bought a tag and done it legally. How would you feel if someone was shooting deer on your land or permission. Would it be ok if they were eating it?
Presumably by buying a tag for 150 and selling it to a tourist for 3500?
Regardless, it does show how laughably insignificant penalties for poaching in the UK are. Different kettle of fish since our game is generally common.
They do, but I’ve no shortage of land with deer on so it’s not an issue. The point I should have made was that a man hunting for sustenance shouldn’t be punished so harshly.
That’s how a lot of these game animals were hunted to the brink of extinction.
kieran222
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The locals can buy a tag for $150 to use for personal consumption. They can't sell the tag on. Tourists can only get their tag through the company that holds the shooting rights for the area.
I believe the fine for shooting a Marco Polo sheep is around $15k. They take poaching very seriously.
I had taken for granted this individual's proclivity for ignoring the rules, as well as that of many potential clients (russophones).
Quite rightly.
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