They apparently didn't read the article. Pakistan allows a control hunt (just 12 per year). The money raised is put back into the community to increase the mountain goat's population. The result has been increasing the number of these mountain goats.
It does seem odd and this is the first I've ever heard of this approach. But these are beautiful animals and anything that works sound great.
“It does seem odd and this is the first I’ve ever heard of this approach.”
Countries all over are doing this. The thing is that the locals nearby use to just go poach them for something to eat. But now they stop others from poaching because they know they can make more money as hunt guides. This gives them a vested interest in maintaining the herds. Heck even Canada does something similar with the hunting deep in the Canadian Rockies.