KTAR News

Texas Rhino hunt auction winner fears for safety

DALLAS (AP) – A North Texas man who paid $350,000 for the right to hunt an endangered African black rhino said he’s had to hire full-time security due to death threats after his name was leaked onto ...
The Times Leader

Rare rhino hunt prize of Texas safari club auction

(AP) Plans to auction a rare permit that will allow a hunter to take down an endangered black rhino are drawing criticism from some conservationists. But the organizer says the fundraiser could bring ...
Center for Biological Diversity

U.S. Hunters Seek to Import Trophies From Critically Endangered Black Rhinos

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notified the public Tuesday of two applications from U.S. hunters in Texas and Florida seeking to import black rhinoceros hunting trophies. The rhinos — ...
Reuters

Permit to hunt endangered rhino sells for $350,000 despite protests

(Reuters) - A permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia sold for $350,000 (£212,314) at an auction in Dallas on Saturday with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals despite protests from ...
Politicsweb

SANParks cracks down on rhino poachers, seven arrested

SANParks cracks down on rhino poachers, seven arrested. 10 January 2020. SANParks says it has kicked off the new year on a positive note, arresting seven suspected rhino poachers ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Measuring black rhino recovery

New IUCN Green Status shows black rhino numbers rising thanks to decades of conservation. Future recovery looks promising.
WESA

Rare Black Rhino Killed By U.S. Hunter Who Won Controversial Auction

A Texas hunter who paid $350,000 for the right to hunt a rare black rhino in Namibia has killed the animal. The hunt has drawn controversy and spurred debate over the best way to manage endangered ...
Time

Death Threats Rattle Man Who Bid $350K on Rhino Hunt

The hunter who bid $350,000 to shoot an endangered species of rhino now worries that he is the one in the cross hairs, and with good reason. “I will KILL you,” read one comment on Corey Knowlton’s ...
The Citizen

Notorious South African wildlife criminal’s dubious pursuit of hunting permit in Botswana

Dawie Groenewald is facing more than 1 600 charges related to rhino poaching, but his bail conditions allow for international travel.
Reuters

U.S. hunting clubs, rhino hunter sue Delta over trophy ban

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Hunting clubs and a man who paid $350,000 for a license to hunt a black rhino in Namibia have sued Delta Airlines, saying its ban on transporting some big game hunting ...
Bloomberg L.P.

South Africa Minister Thwarts $350,000 Rhino Hunt Permits

South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with an industry that generates 44 billion ...