Extinctions

Endangered Black Rhino Hunting Permit was Sold for $350,000! Is That Even Legal???

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A permit to hunt an endangered African “Black Rhino” was sold for $350,000 at a closed-door auction in Dallas Saturday (1/11/14). Currently an estimated 4,000 Black Rhinos remain in the wild, down from as many as 70,000 in the 1960s. The permit is for a hunt in the African nation of Namibia where nearly 1,800 of the remaining Black Rhinos are located, according to the Dallas Safari Club.

Officials from the Humane Society and the International Fund for Animal Welfare have said that while culling can be appropriate in abundant animal populations, all black rhinos should be protected, given their endangered status.” -Fox News

Steve Wagner, a spokesman for the Dallas Safari Club, which sponsored the closed-door event Saturday night, confirmed the sale of the permit for a hunt in the African nation of Namibia. He declined to name the buyer.

The Dallas Safari Club, describing themselves as an…

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