Rhino Auction, Hunt Praised by Boone and Crockett Club

Controversy surrounded a fundraiser and hunt for a black rhinoceros, but the Boone and Crockett Club praised both as positive moves for the future of a critically endangered game species. Controversy surrounded a fundraiser and hunt for a black rhinoceros, but the Boone and Crockett Club praised both as positive moves…

for the future of a critically endangered game species. During its Jan. 9-12 convention, Dallas Safari Club (DSC) auctioned a rhino-hunting permit prescribed by biologists in Namibia. The hunt will be for an old, post-breeding, aggressive bull known to charge and kill younger bulls, cows and calves in Mangetti National Park.