John Hume’s rhino horn auction is going ahead, but there are conditions
An auction of rhino horns from the stockpiles of the world’s biggest private breeder will go ahead on Monday after a South African court ordered that the government release permits for them, although Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has imposed conditions on the auction. The sale of about 500kg of horns by John Hume, who has more than 1,500 rhinos, will run from August 21-24 after he successfully challenged the Department of Environmental Affairs’ refusal to hand over the permits that it had granted to him, enabling the sale. The court ruled in his favour on Sunday. Department of Environmental Affairs said in a statement on Monday: “It should be noted that the permit to be handed over to Mr Hume was issued with a number of conditions, including the following: • “The permit holder can only sell rhino horn to a person who has a permit issued in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act‚ 2004 authorising him/her to buy rhino horn from Mr Hume (ie a b...
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