Trophy hunting in Kazakhstan is threatening Ovis amon nigrimontana.
Ovis amon nigrimontana is endemic to Kazakhstan. 200 individuals are left. Hunting trips targeting O. a. nigrimontana have been offered in the USA and in Turkey for about US$40 000 each.
The IUCN considers O. a. nigrimontana as "Critically Endangered", and it is listed by CITES as "Appendix I".