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Stop black rhino trophies at the border: hunting isn’t conservation
http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/stop-black-rhino-trophies-border-hunting-isn%E2%80%99t-conservation
Following their auctioning off the opportunity to hunt one endangered male black rhino – touted as a “conservation” action -- the Dallas Safari Club’s highest bidder has made a request to bring back the mounted trophy of his victim.
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At the time of the auction, the Dallas Safari Club claimed that the funds raised would go toward conservation efforts and support Namibia in its efforts to counter poachers.
As if this “kill a member of the species to save it” position were not twisted enough, later reports indicated that the organization threatened to withdraw its donation to Namibia if the U.S. did not allow the hunter to import the rhino trophy.
With only 5,000 black rhinos left in the world, the real value and worth of the species—and all critically endangered species for that matter—is in their life, not the price tag for their death.
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At the time of the auction, the Dallas Safari Club claimed that the funds raised would go toward conservation efforts and support Namibia in its efforts to counter poachers.
As if this “kill a member of the species to save it” position were not twisted enough, later reports indicated that the organization threatened to withdraw its donation to Namibia if the U.S. did not allow the hunter to import the rhino trophy.
With only 5,000 black rhinos left in the world, the real value and worth of the species—and all critically endangered species for that matter—is in their life, not the price tag for their death.
