Conservation groups split on impact of move agreed at international wildlife summit
South Africa has won permission to almost double the number of black rhinos that can be killed as trophies after arguing the money raised will support conservation of the critically endangered species.
The decision was made at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) after receiving support from some African nations and opposition from others.
Poachers supplying the illegal trade in rhino horn decimated numbers in the past but the population is now growing. About 5,000 black rhinos exist today, almost 2,000 of them in South Africa.
Since 2003, South Africa has been allowed to sell hunting rights for five black rhinos a year. The latest decision means it…
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Exposing the Big Game 
What can you say? Hopeless – the worse the climate gets, the worse wildlife populations get, and the worse human overpopulation gets – and yet, we keep destroying.