GAME RULES OF KASHMIR STATE 



JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE. 

 NOTIFICATION. (In extenso.) 



The following rules for the preservation of game are 

 published for general information. They apply to European 

 and native residents and visitors, and also to State subjects 

 and officials : 



1. Driving game with men and dogs in Kashmir, 

 including Gilgit, Ladakh, Skardu and Kishtvvar, is 

 prohibited, except in the case of Bears, Leopards and 

 Pigs, driving and beating for which is allowed between 

 1 5th May and I5th October, but not at other times of 

 the year. Between Shupyon and Baramulla on the hills 

 which bound the vale of Kashmir to the south, Black 

 Bears may be driven for from ist April to 15 th October. 

 The destruction of all females of the following animals 

 Barasingha, Ovis ammon, Yak, Shahpoo (Oorial), or 

 Burhel, Markhor, Ibex, Thibetan Antelope, Thibetan 

 Ravine deer and Serow is absolutely prohibited in 

 Kashmir. No Musk deer, either male or female, are to 

 be shot or taken. 



The possession by anyone of a net or nets for the 

 express purpose of taking birds or wild animals is hereby 

 declared to be illegal, except netting for hawks in Kishtwar 

 (Jammu Province), which is permitted as heretofore. 



2. The sale in Kashmir of the horns and skins of any 

 of the animals mentioned in rule I, excepting the skins 

 of Bears and Leopards, is prohibited. 



3. The breeding season of Pheasants, Chikor, Partridges 

 and Wild-fowl is considered to extend from icth March 

 to 1 5th September, inclusive, in each year. 



During the breeding season, as above defined, the 

 shooting of Pheasants, Chikor, Partridges, Geese, Ducks 

 and Teal, their destruction by nets or in any other 

 fashion, or the taking of their eggs, is absolutely pro- 

 hibited. During the breeding season no person shall 

 sell in Kashmir any such bird recently killed or taken. 



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