Reporter goes along on a Black Rhino Hunt

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Article from CNN regarding a recent sanctioned hunt of a Black Rhino. This guy paid $350k to hunt an old, non breeding male Rhino, fully sanctioned by the Namibian government. The article mostly goes over his arguments in detail. The other side is probably easily found with a Google search.

The end result is $350k towards anti-poaching efforts, 1 dead black Rhino male that was no longer contributing to the breeding stock, and a lot of debate on both sides of the issue.

Nearly 18 months ago, the Texas hunter bid $350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in the southern African country of Namibia. The permit was issued by Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism and auctioned by the Dallas Safari Club.

Since then, Knowlton has faced scathing criticism and death threats as the world reacted to the controversial hunt of one of the world's most endangered species. Knowlton has spent the last year and a half preparing and planning the hunt that is being highly scrutinized by animal welfare groups around the world.

He agreed to let our CNN crew document the hunt.

"At this point, the whole world knows about this hunt and I think it's extremely important that people know it's going down the right way, in the most scientific way that it can possibly happen," Knowlton said after arriving in Africa.

 

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Couldn't just let the unicorn enjoy its life...

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Couldn't just let the unicorn enjoy its life...

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According to the article older non breeding males are actually a threat to breeding males, as they keep competing for territory with the younger ones.

Also in the article one of the valid Rhinos (he had 4 that were authorized by the government, but could only bag one) died of natural causes.