you have been heavily criticized for doing what you just did. do you still feel like what you did is going to benefit the black rhino. 100%. 100%. i felt look from day one it was benefiting the black rhino. i don t feel like that, until the day i die. he granted cnn exclusive access into this controversial hunt for the black rhino one of the most endangered in the world. he won the lice nse to hunt the rhino. many think what you are doing is barbaric. you don t care about the black rhino. nobody in this situation, with this particular, black rhino put mr. value on it than i did. i m hell bent on protecting it. it smelled us. he received death threats and scathing criticism. some animal welfare groups call conservation hunting a horrific
wildlife fund says if done right, hunting as conservation can be an effective way. but some animal welfare groups says that idea is a threat. i think it s just rubbish. frankly, we just simply don t believe that trophy hunting has any place in serious conservation. reporter: this is your trophy room? that s what people would call it. to people who say that you want to do this black rhino hunt because you want a black rhino in this room what do you tell them? i don t think they understand what it means to be a hunter. i think, you know as part of a hunter these are memorials of the whole hunting experience and conservation and everything that it means to us. reporter: cory nolton isn t backing down from the critics, as he preeps for what he expects to be one of the most memorable hunts of his life. ed lavendera, cnn. and jeff core win. and jeff you heard cory s argument. he said he s going to kill an
a better survival rate for america s pets. according to the humane society, the number of dogs and cats being euthanized at animal shelter $ dropping dramatically. they say the reduction is coming as our pet population is booming. jonathan is live in atlanta with details. hi. it s because more of those pets have homes. spay or neuter campaigns has played a role in reducing the number of pets in the u.s. but animal welfare groups are thinking out of the box to keep pets out of the pound. merely half of the six million pets that enter shelters each year are euthanized according to the humane society. they were euthanizing about 15 million pets in 1970 s. we re now down to about three million every year. of course, that s three million too many. animal welfare advocates hope to bring the rates closer to zero by promoting the shelter
about part four oh of your series tomorrow. reporter: in that we re taking a look at this program that the african parks group has developed, trying to convince people to turn away from poaching and more towards protecting, especially the pigmy indigenous population, suzanne. excellent as always. this is related to the story. this is a landmark move. china just destroyed six tons of confiscated ivory. authorities crushed hundreds of these carved ivory tusks. you see them there, the ornaments, the carvings. the ivory was reported to have come in shipments from africa, intercepted by customs officers. and from carving factories and shops across china. so animal welfare groups, they say this is actually a powerful, symbolic act, showing that the chinese government is at least concerned about the toll that ivory trafficking is taking on the elephant population well,
the people of santa rose a new mexico, are waking up to a very white fourth of july, almost two feet of hail fell in the city, some the size of golf balls. looks pretty. it did do damage to roofs and to sky lights. thankfully no reports of injuries. and the winner in the coney island hot dog eating contest, amazing new record today, although it is kind of a little gross. joey chestnut from san hoe sajo managed to force down 69 hot dogs in ten minutes. it is his seventh straight victory. the annual contest has been teld on coney island since 1916. a new mexico company will be the first in the u.s. allowed to slaughter horses for export in seven years. animal welfare groups have filed lawsuits to over turn the approval. cat is joining me now. first of all, we re talking about horse meat.