2,000 Endangered Rhinos to the Highest Bidder
BY LINNEA
2 MAY 2023
The South African rhino breeder
John Hume
has launched an auction to sell
2000 White Rhinos
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The online sale will start at
$10 million
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The Rhinos are apart of
The Platinum Rhino Project
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The Platnum Rhino Project started as a breeding farm where the breeder could safely saw off the horn from a living rhino and sold on the open market.
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With the hope of dismantling the black market demand for rhino horns, protecting the animal from poaching.
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While Hume has put in a lot of effort, he can no longer afford the upkeep of his crusade.
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The ideal buyer for the auction is someone with the means to keep the breeding project going and a passion for conserving rhinos.
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The white rhino species is classified as “near threatened,” with fewer than 16,000 remaining worldwide.
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The poaching crisis of rhinos began in 2008 and peaked between 2013 and 2017, resulting in the slaughter of over 1,000 rhinos annually.
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According to the World Animal Foundation, approximately one Rhino is killed
every 12 hours.
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Thus, conserving rhinos is crucial to maintain biodiversity, ecological balance, and sustainable development.
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