Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Yes
the main target for many hunters is the killing of female black bear because killing of mothers allows them to poach their cubs, which have higher market values.
Purpose of Use
Income generation from trade at individual or household or community
Additional Details (if available)
Bile of bears contain ursodeoxycholic acid that is used for the treatment of several diseases such as bruising, epi- lepsy, gallstones break down, hemorrhoids, poor eyesight, muscle ailments, fever, sore throats, sores, sprains, and scat as an anti-inflammatory agent
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
National external (individual, groups. e.g., hunters, anglers, photographers, tourists)
If more than one box ticked, please provide more details
Respondents identified a tribe known as Maddi Khel in the neighboring district Battagram, the members of which regularly visit the study area for the hunting of pheasants, gray goral, snow leopard, and especially black bear.
Hunters of the neighboring districts visit the study area in winter for four months from early December to late March each year.
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
No
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Yes – use is negatively affecting the status (e.g., population is declining; extraction effort is increasing)
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out
Despite the conservation claims by the government department in the province, the ground survey reveals severe risk to the population of black bear from hunting and illegal trafficking.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
Ullah, Z., Ullah, I., Ullah, I., Mahmood, S., & Iqbal, Z. (2020). Poaching of Asiatic black bear: evidence from Siran and Kaghan valleys, Pakistan. Global Ecology And Conservation, 24, e01351. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01351
Despite the conservation claims by the government department in the province, the ground survey reveals severe risk to the population of black bear from hunting and illegal trafficking.
Old age (50 years and above) people observed that population of black bear declined due to illegal killing and cub poaching.
Threats/pressures impacting the species at the scale of this record