gryphon
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If I were a rich man!
I still wouldnt bother in reality but this is just bullshit with this sort of money in the game,pure bullshit!
Africa : Namibia: Three trophy rhinos for N$4,7 m on 2009/4/23 23:54:29
A black rhino yesterday earned the State N$1,7 million at an auction of trophy-hunting concessions on State land that lasted less than half an hour.
This hunting concession was bought by a foreign concessionaire, Imbu Wildlife Promotions, which has a Namibian partner, a certain Mr Amweelo, said the Deputy Director of Parks and Wildlife Management, Ben Beytell.
Beytell said Amweelo is a Namibian professional hunter. Two other hunting concessions for one black rhino each sold for N$1,5 million and one was bought by Thormahlen and Cochran Safaris, a company operating in Namibia and South Africa. The total amount of money generated by the auction was N$13,6 million and concessions were sold for three years, starting from this year.
Eight hunting concessions were up for grabs, including the aforementioned three.
The areas where the rhinos will be hunted will still be identified by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Beytell said. He said only one black rhino a year will be hunted. The other five concessions contained a number of different animals. A concession in the Mahango Game Park (part of the Bwabwata National Park), containing 41 animals, including 10 elephants and four buffaloes, was auctioned at N$3,4 million.
A hunting concession in eastern Kavango, containing 22 animals including eight elephants, went for N$2,1 million.
Another concession in western Kavango and the Mangetti National Park, fetched N$750 000. It contains 16 animals, including four elephants.
A hunting concession in the Waterberg Plateau Park, for 18 animals including five buffaloes, was auctioned at N$2,5 million. A hunting concession in the Daan Viljoen and Von Bach Game parks, with a total of 29 animals, including 10 elephants, sold for N$160 000.
“We are happy with the outcome,” the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, told The Namibian late yesterday.
He said this was the first Ministry auction generating such a huge amount of money.
Beytell said all the successful bidders met the Ministry’s requirements, one of which is that they must have a minimum 20 per cent shareholding by previously disadvantaged Namibians. Concessionaires are also required to submit proof of registration with the Namibia Tourism Board and the Ministry before any hunting can take place.
The State land on which these hunting concessions were given are outside registered communal conservancies. Shangula said the money generated from the auction will be put into the Ministry’s Game Products Trust Fund, which funds conservation work in Namibia.
The trophy-hunting season runs from February 1 to November 30
http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-sto...-die-for-n47-m/
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Huvius
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Boy, that is nearly $200K in US dollars for the rhino (1.7mil Nam $)! Makes elephany look downright cheap!
This could be a huge moneymaker for African game departments/govt's. Just how many folks are out there willing to pop $200K for a rhino?
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NitroX
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Boy, that is nearly $200K in US dollars for the rhino (1.7mil Nam $)! Makes elephany look downright cheap!
This could be a huge moneymaker for African game departments/govt's. Just how many folks are out there willing to pop $200K for a rhino?
As its Black Rhino there will probably be more than a few.
If it helps conserve them, I don't see it as a problem.
If numbers available increase ie supply increases, prices will also decrease.
Same as it was for White Rhino.
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Ndumo
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Beytell said all the successful bidders met the Ministry’s requirements, one of which is that they must have a minimum 20 per cent shareholding by previously disadvantaged Namibians.
BS- the so called PH that's registered on the foreign based company that bought the first rhino, are NOT a big game PH. And the rhino went for N$ 1.775 million, with a 10% escalation per year. It is sad that MET allowed companies with just 20% Namibian shareholding but based entirely outside of Namibia to attend the auction. The 3rd rhino was also indirectly biought by suchj a person, as the company that bought it is also in bed with Thormalen.
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