Texas hunters to auction permit to kill black rhino

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Washington (AFP) - A Texas hunting club said Friday it aims to raise up to a million dollars for endangered black rhinoceroses by auctioning off a permit to kill one in Namibia.

"First and foremost, this is about saving the black rhino," said Ben Carter, executive director of the Dallas Safari Club, which is hosting the auction early next year. Black rhinos are internationally considered an endangered species and the World Wildlife Fund says about 4,800 are alive in the African wild.

Carter said in a statement sent to AFP that the Namibian government "selected" his hunting club to auction a black rhino hunting permit for one of its national parks.The permit is expected "to sell for at least $250,000, possibly up to $1 million. The Conservation Trust Fund for Namibia's Black Rhino will receive 100 percent of the sale price," said the statement.

Namibia has an annual quota to kill up to five black rhinos out of the southern African nation's herd population of 1,795 animals.



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Is it still worth it if all the funds go to supporting the remaining animals?

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1. auction permits to kill hunters

that would be much more beneficial.
big game hunters dont think twice spending a million to take out an elephant,
so any figure that low for such an endangered animal is absolutely ridiculous.
even a magnitude greater sum would not help the species.
I knew Ray Dasmann, took classes from him. there was a time when game management
was the best way to promote species conservation. Those days are over.
the foulest forms of corruption can be so cheaply purchased these days.