Is rhino breeder John Hume a reviled, money-grubbing entrepreneur or revered conservation hero? Either way, the forthcoming auction of his farm and 2,000 rhinos is a conservation crisis. But might it be an opportunity for a major repopulation of the country’s declining rhinos? Is rhino breeder.
The details of rhino tycoon John Hume’s auction for his North West province breeding project have been unveiled. The opening bid, set at $10m (R182m), includes 2,000 white rhinos, other game, the 8,500 hectares they roam and a state-of-the-art security system.
The lawyer representing Dinesh Patel, an accused in the Gupta-linked Nulane Investments case, said he would be demonstrating a 'wholly irregular process' by police officers in relation to a search-and-seizure operation at the offices of one of the State's witnesses.
A new report by the Wildlife Justice Commission shines fresh light on the illicit trade in rhino horn that has decimated wild populations. It highlights an apparent rise in harvested horn from legal stockpiles making its way into the illicit trade. And in defiance of conventional wisdom, it mai.