POACHING DEVELOPS IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.10.2009 14:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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.