Texas club auctions rhino hunt permit in bid to protect species

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Texas club auctions rhino hunt permit in bid to protect species

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-club-auctions-rhino-hunt-permit-bid-protect-224210515.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/olXMkNbtJA57ldbFPRisvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-08T224210Z_1_CBREA071R2E00_RTROPTP_2_USA-RHINO-TEXAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An endangered east African black rhino and her young one walk in Tanzania's Serengeti park in this file photo" align="left" title="An endangered east African black rhino and her young one walk in Tanzania's Serengeti park in this file photo" border="0" /></a>By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Dallas Safari Club will auction a permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia, possibly fetching up to $1 million with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals in a move seen by some animal rights groups as ethically dubious conservation. &quot;The whole purpose of the auction is to raise as much money as possible to ensure that the black rhino population continues to grow,&quot; club executive director Ben Carter said. &quot;These bulls no longer contribute to the growth of the population and are in a lot of ways detrimental to the growth of the population because black rhinos are very aggressive and territorial. In many cases, they will kill younger, non-breeding bulls and have been known to kill calves and cows.&quot; There are about 25,000 rhinos in Africa - 20,000 white rhinos and 5,000 black rhinos - with the majority in South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>

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