GRAY MAGUIRE: Save the rhino — by saving the rhino hunter industry
The national parks conservation models do not work — we need to try something new
I’ve been keeping an eye on the trials and tribulations of the world largest rhino breeder, John Hume, for the past few weeks and wondering if his case will finally spark a long overdue conversation on the future of conservation.
Wildlife breeder Hume has amassed a population of about 2,000 white rhinos on his farm in North West. He has for 30 years been a controversial figure in the conservation community, singlehandedly conserving about 10% of the global rhino population while advocating the scrapping of the 1977 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (Cites) ban on international trade in rhino horn...
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