A man from Dallas bid $350000 for a permit to hunt one of several hand selected black rhinos in Nairobi. The black rhino is an endangered species and the specific rhinos he was given permission to hunt are beyond breeding years where they can no reproduce add to the population and are also a threat to the remaining population because of how aggressive they are. These rhinos were going to be killed (because of the threat they pose) anyways, but it was decided that they would auction off hunting permits to these rhinos and donate the money to conservation of the species. The man who got the permit had his name accidentally leaked via social media and is now having his life and his children's lives seriously threatened by rather extreme animal conservationists.
I think it's terrible that people would threaten a man and his CHILDREN'S LIVES over this. This man stated in the article he got this permit both to help the conservation of the beautiful species and in his words "experience the black rhino". It's wrong to genuinely threaten anyone's life regardless of what they are doing that you disagree with. I think anyone who has threatened this man is both an extremist and ignorant; this man is helping the species and doesn't deserve to live in fear for himself and his family's lives.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/us/black-rhino-hunting-permit/
This is quite an odd predicament, since hunting is being encouraged. I'm strongly against hunting, especially endangered animals, but in this case, I guess I have to look at it from another perspective. And even though I believe making threats is going way too far, you can't expect people to change their beliefs at the drop of a hat.
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