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INLSA<\/p>\n

Picture: Timothy Bernard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A rhino conservation campaigner is outraged that Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has invited hunters to tender to hunt a white rhino bull at Mkuze Game Reserve, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, to manage numbers of the animal and to fund conservation efforts.<\/p>\n

Ezemvelo invited the holders of hunting licences to bid to kill the rhino, with a minimum bid of R750 000 being set.<\/p>\n

The tender was advertised on the internet for two days only.<\/p>\n

The package consists of an identified white rhino, pictures of which were available on request, and two nights accommodation at a lodge. Bidding closed on December 23.<\/p>\n

Defending the move, Ezemvelo chief executive Bandile Mkhize said that this was done every year as the reserve reached capacity and animals had to be removed<\/p>\n

He said about 30 animals were auctioned annually, with at least two rhino hunts being offered at Mkuze, for this reason.<\/p>\n

However, anti-poaching campaigner Simon Bloch said this justification was pathetic given that close to 500 rhinos had been poached this year alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be doing everything in our power to ensure the survival of the species,\u201d he said, adding that the rhino should be relocated to an area which had plenty of space instead of being killed.<\/p>\n

Wildlife conservationist Tony Conway, chairman of the KZN Rhino Group, said on Wednesday:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may seem counter- intuitive, but the removal of a small number of individually identified males enhances the overall meta-population growth rates and furthers genetic conservation,\u201d he said.- The Mercury<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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