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Should the opportunity to kill an animal be sold for six figures or for any amount of money at all?<\/p>\n
That’s what happened at an auction in Texas a week ago, and now the winner bidder is left reading death threats directed at his children. As dozens of protesters looked on, the Dallas Safari Club’s auctioned a permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia for $350,000. The club says it sold the permit to hunter Corey Knowlton to protect the endangered species, particularly the young rhinos who are sometimes killed by their older counterparts.<\/p>\n
“A lot of people say, ‘Do you feel like a bigger man?’ or ‘Is this a thrill for you?” Corey Knowlton told CNN<\/em><\/a>. “The thrill is knowing that we are preserving wildlife resources, not for the next generation, but for eons.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Despite running a website<\/a> and business that offers “ultimate hunting packages,” Knowlton has supporters in organizations like the The International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/a>. His money will benefit the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism for anti-poaching patrols, habitat protection, research and other measures crucial for protecting populations of endangered black rhinos, the club said.<\/p>\n There are just 4,000 to 5,000 black rhinos living in the wild, according to the Dallas Safari Club<\/a>. The Rhino in question could no longer breed.<\/p>\n The club may have been disappointed with the auction—club executive Ben Carter told NPR<\/a> that he thought the permit could garner up to $1 million.<\/p>\n Bob Barker, the 90-year-old animal advocate former host of the popular game show, The Price is Right<\/em>, wrote in a letter<\/a> that “this seems like a rather harsh way of dealing with senior citizens.” Do you agree?<\/p>\n Is sacrificing one animal’s life worth the potential of saving many more? Or should we be doing everything we can to preserve each and every creature on our planet?<\/p>\n Share your thoughts in the comments below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Visit EcoWatch’s BIODIVERSITY<\/a> page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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