South Africa gets nod to increase black rhino trophy hunting

South Africa gets nod to increase black rhino trophy hunting. [Photo: Courtesy]

Proposals seeking to allow trade of rhino horns by Namibia, Eswati and South Africa dominated international meeting on wildlife conservation currently taking place in Geneva Switzerland as South Africa strikes a nod to increasing black rhino trophy hunting.

In its proposal, South Africa convinced several states and got a nod from European Union, Canada, Eswati and Botswana at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). The state would, therefore, double the number of endangered black rhinos that can be hunted for trophies every year from current 5.