Hunter who paid $350,000 to kill black rhino defends his actions in face of backlash

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A hunter who paid $350,000 (£214,119) at an auction for a licence to hunt an endangered black rhino in Nambia has responded on Facebook to fierce criticism from animal rights campaigners and wildlife groups.

Corey Knowlton was named by fellow hunter Tom Opre as the man who placed the winning bid at the Dallas Safari Club sponsored auction and describes himself as a ‘ hunter/conservationist’ on his Facebook page.

The club said it was auctioning the chance to hunt the animal to raise money for conservation efforts to protect the species. According to his profile, Knowlton works as a hunting consultant for the Hunting Consortium website led by president Robert Kern, which provides up to date information on hunting and angling ‘adventures’ across the world.

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[Billy the Great Khan]

Yes, killing an old, sterile rhino who is of no value to the species, while paying over 1/4 of a million dollars to help both conservation and Africa, is a horrible thing.

 

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Yes, killing an old, sterile rhino who is of no value to the species, while paying over 1/4 of a million dollars to help both conservation and Africa, is a horrible thing.

I might agree if the Black Rhino wasn't an endangered species.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

I might agree if the Black Rhino wasn't an endangered species.

ITS STERILE YOU FOOL. INCAPABLE OF BREEDING.

 

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ITS STERILE YOU FOOL. INCAPABLE OF BREEDING.

Doesn't matter, it is still endangered and is part of a herd.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

Doesn't matter, it is still endangered and is part of a herd.

Yes, better to let it get diseased and infect them all, or go senile and kill some young. Just so long as it isn't shot and put to good use.

 

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Yes, better to let it get diseased and infect them all, or go senile and kill some young. Just so long as it isn't shot and put to good use.

In which case it should be put down humanely and not to be part of a circus for US hunters.

 

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LOL

Tom, I don't even need to be able to see your comments to know a fool has spoken. What a maroon.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

In which case it should be put down humanely and not to be part of a circus for US hunters.

Yeah, much better to treat it as a pest rather than a valuable commodity to be preserved. It's $350,000 for a old sterile animal. And you want to take all that value (and therefore the practical need to protect said value) away. That's fucking stupid.

 

[evince]

Yes, better to let it get diseased and infect them all, or go senile and kill some young. Just so long as it isn't shot and put to good use.

what was the good use?

 

[Rune]

A giant stuffed black rhino is worth half a mill. Why let it rot when like bill said, it can be preserved? Especially if there is a chance of extinction, a preserved specimen has immense non-monetary value as well.

Furthermore, Bill is entirely correct that removing the giant aged bull from the herd benefits the herd greatly. Tom is again showing his lily white milque toast side.

 

[evince]

we already know what rinos look like

 

[Rune]

we already know what rinos look like

Sure, you do. What about future generations. after they are extinct? Shouldn't they have a chance to see a real one?

The point though is that sexually overmature bulls should be removed from the herd, since they can prevent breeding by smaller but fertile animals
2. They compete with the virile members of the herd for food and eat a disproportionate amount.
3. As Billy pointed out, when diseased are a danger to smaller members of the herd.

 

[evince]

you can mount ones that die naturally.

there is NO reason to kill one to know what they look like

 

[The Dude]

I'm sure people in India don't care for how we treat cows.

 

[Timshel]

what was the good use?

The $350k raised will be used to fund the operations of the Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism which is responsible for safeguarding their environmental resources. By creating a legal supply they also decrease the demand for illegal poaching.

http://www.savetherhino.org/latest_news/news/832_the_dallas_safari_club_controversy

t would be nice if donors gave enough money to cover the spiralling costs of protecting rhinos from poachers. Or if enough photographic tourists visited parks and reserves to cover all the costs of community outreach and education programmes. But that just doesn’t happen. It costs around $500,000 a year to run a relatively small rhino programme with only 20-30 animals. Heaven only knows how much it costs to run Kruger National Park in South Africa, or Etosha National Park in Namibia.
Fundraising for rhinos is hard. We’re not just competing for funds against other endangered species – elephants, tigers, polar bears, pandas – but against cancer charities, children’s charities, or the most recent natural disaster.

 

[evince]

so the only way that fuck would help is if he was allowed to kill something.

fucking great

 

[Timshel]

so the only way that fuck would help is if he was allowed to kill something.

fucking great

Well, why don't you pay $350k or some amount that makes it attractive to those trying to raise money for conservation, to not hunt it. There is no reason a group opposed to the hunts cannot do a fundraiser to buy the hunting right.

 

[evince]

he needed to be allowed to KILL something.


does that make him a fucking hero?

 

[Truth Detector]

In which case it should be put down humanely and not to be part of a circus for US hunters.

Africa is a very poor geographic area; how does "putting it down" help their efforts to save the black rino? It takes a LOT of money to prevent poaching. This is good policy in that it is generating a LOT of revenue and contributing to conservation efforts.

Just "putting the animal down" will generate nothing.