The Black Rhinoceros or Hook-lipped Rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis)
Poaching - its almost become an eight letter swear word. Over 900 of these animals (not the black Rhino specifically) have been slaughtered over the past year in our parks around the country, over 500 hundred of the in the Kruger National Park.
I have just read an article where it states that the Dallas Safari Club is auctioning off the opportunity to hunt and kill one of these Black Rhinos in Namibia. According to the report the auction is due to go ahead on the 11th January, if protesters don't stop it first. However, after reading the article, it may not seem as bad as it sounds.
According to the article which can be read at http://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/257881008/to-save-the-black-rhino-hunting-club-bids-on-killing-one these animals are usually removed when they get old and cantankerous because they harm the young etc.
So here is the point, if funds can be raised and donated back to Namibian Parks for a license to hunt ONE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED animal which for all intents and purposes would have been removed by Namibian Parks anyway, according to the article, why not let it happen in such a way that a donation of up to one million dollars can be donated to Namibian Parks to help in securing this endangered animal?
Or is this going to set a dangerous precedent?
I have just read an article where it states that the Dallas Safari Club is auctioning off the opportunity to hunt and kill one of these Black Rhinos in Namibia. According to the report the auction is due to go ahead on the 11th January, if protesters don't stop it first. However, after reading the article, it may not seem as bad as it sounds.
According to the article which can be read at http://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/257881008/to-save-the-black-rhino-hunting-club-bids-on-killing-one these animals are usually removed when they get old and cantankerous because they harm the young etc.
So here is the point, if funds can be raised and donated back to Namibian Parks for a license to hunt ONE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED animal which for all intents and purposes would have been removed by Namibian Parks anyway, according to the article, why not let it happen in such a way that a donation of up to one million dollars can be donated to Namibian Parks to help in securing this endangered animal?
Or is this going to set a dangerous precedent?