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Mountain Mammals in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

George B. Schaller
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Abstract

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The author spent eleven months between 1970 and 1975 studying the wildlife of the high mountains in northern Pakistan, especially the large mammals that are endangered in Pakistan. He describes the status of nine, of which the brown bear is on the verge of extinction there (although commonly seen in the form of performing bears in city streets), while the Kashmir markhor, snow leopard and Marco Polo sheep are in serious danger. Despite the protection laws and new reserves, including a new national park, the rule is still too often ‘if it moves shoot it, if it doesn't chop it down’.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , July 1976 , pp. 351 - 356
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1976

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