By Hildah Desai
A permit to kill black rhinoceros in Namibia was auctioned at a Texas hunting club and went for $350 000.
The money raised will be utilised to conserve the black rhino.
A government approved annual quota put in place in Namibia in 2012 allows permit holders permission to kill five black rhinos a year.
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The auction winner will be accompanied to the Mangetti National Park by national parks officials who will supervise the hunt.
According to the Dallas Safari club all the funds will be given to Namibia for “anti-poaching patrols, habitat protection, research and other measures crucial for protecting populations of endangered black rhinos,” has nonetheless sparked the ire of some wildlife groups.
“Science shows that selective hunting helps rhino populations grow,” the club said in a statement released after the US auction.
“Removing old, post-breeding bulls, which are territorial, aggressive and often kill younger, breeding bulls, cows and even calves, increases survival and productivity in a herd.”
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