PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) wildlife and biodiversity department has notified that the shooting of partridges including the See-see, Blach, Grey and Chakur partridge will be permissible in the province until February 4, 2018.
According to an official statement issued here, hunting would not be allowed except in game reserves, private game reserves and community game reserves.
Hunting would be permissible only on Sundays and gazetted holidays, and hunting in game reserves would only be permissible under a special permit granted by the KP chief conservator wildlife as per rules.
The partridge population in the game reserves will be regularly monitored and the issuance of the permit will be stopped as soon as it is deemed inappropriate.
The notice went on to state that the maximum bag limit would not exceed five birds of all species of partridge combined per gun per day. A value of property equal to Rs 1200/- will be charged for each bird shot in excess to bag limit besides compensation as per rules.
A maximum of two hunting parties (not more than five guns in a party) would be allowed in a game reserve/unit on a single hunting day.
Hunting in the community game reserves will be permissible only after due consent of the concerned Village Conservation Committee (VCC). Hunting in private game reserves will be permissible only after due consent of the concerned owners’ reserves.
The special permit fee once deposited will not be refundable, no special permit will be issued to any person unless he holds a valid shooting license, no person will be issued a permit for hunting in more than one game reserve or unit of reserve on a single day.
The fee will be charged for various licenses/special permits during the 2017-18 shooting season until revised otherwise. The fee for the small game shooting license is Rs 2000/- per annum, and Rs 3000/ per day for the special permit for shooting in a game reserve.
Possession license for a dog is Rs 1000/- per annum. 90 per cent of the fee collected from the permits for will be paid to the local communities.
The respective community will utilize the generated revenue on conservation and development works. The remaining 10 per cent fee will go to the revenue head of the department.
