Rhino Hunt Auction Stirs More Controversy
Hunting permit sold for $350,000 on Saturday, despite outcry.
A controversial auction for a hunting permit in Africa concluded this past weekend in Texas.
On Saturday evening the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) awarded the permit—which allows a hunter to kill one black rhinoceros, an endangered species, in Namibia—to the auction's anonymous winner for a reported $350,000. The club had said it hoped to raise between $250,000 and $1 million.
Soon after the auction, the winner was reportedly identified by a fellow hunter.
"Well, I was willing to go $340,000 for the black rhino, but Corey Knowlton went $350,000 and won the bid!" hunter Wes Mundy posted on the Facebook page for San Antonio-based Double Diamond Outfitters. "Plus there was another $100,000 donation!! DSC and their supporters came
