Poaching develops in Armenia
Poaching develops in Armenia. Hunters are ready to pay from 5 to 7 thousand euro for each killed red listed animal of Armenia, Ecolur reported.
Hunting is no longer an amusement but serious business. Armenian mouflons and Bezoar goats are especially popular.
According to WWF-Armenia expert Alexander Malkhasyan, over 40 cases of illegal hunting were fixed Meghri and Zangezir mountain ridge during the past year and a half. "It's hard to stop poachers. They have placemen in all structures," he said.
WWF-Armenia director Karen Manvelyan added, for his part, that Armenian mouflons can be annihilated. There are 250 heads left, what is not enough for restoration of the population and its reproduction," he said.
Hunting is no longer an amusement but serious business. Armenian mouflons and Bezoar goats are especially popular.
According to WWF-Armenia expert Alexander Malkhasyan, over 40 cases of illegal hunting were fixed Meghri and Zangezir mountain ridge during the past year and a half. "It's hard to stop poachers. They have placemen in all structures," he said.
WWF-Armenia director Karen Manvelyan added, for his part, that Armenian mouflons can be annihilated. There are 250 heads left, what is not enough for restoration of the population and its reproduction," he said.
