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Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 01:01 PM Sep 2019

US to allow trophy hunter to import body of rare black rhino

Source: Associated Press


Michael Biesecker, Associated Press
Updated 11:46 am CDT, Friday, September 6, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it will issue permit to a Michigan trophy hunter to import the skin, skull and horns from a rare black rhinoceros he shot in Africa.

Documents show Chris D. Peyerk of Shelby Township, Michigan, applied last year for the permit required by the Fish and Wildlife Service to import animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. Peyerk paid $400,000 to an anti-poaching program to receive permission to hunt the male rhino bull inside a Namibian national park in May 2018.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists black rhinos as a critically endangered species, with about 5,500 remaining in the wild. Nearly half of those are in Namibia, which is allowed under international convention to permit five male rhinos a year to be legally killed by hunters.

The specific subspecies Peyrek listed on his application, the south-western black rhinoceros, is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN, meaning it is at less threat of extinction than the rest of the species as a whole.


Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/US-to-allow-trophy-hunter-to-import-body-of-rare-14419077.php

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US to allow trophy hunter to import body of rare black rhino (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
ARGHH Gothmog Sep 2019 #1
Why? Just Why? Me. Sep 2019 #2
They sell trophy hunts for old bulls who no longer breed Drahthaardogs Sep 2019 #22
Killing vulnerable species in the name of conservation. John Fante Sep 2019 #29
Sickening. n/t Coventina Sep 2019 #30
What do you expect from a slumlord who donated $200k+ to Trump's campaign. n/t CincyDem Sep 2019 #3
So the hunter bribed Trump's administration officials to get his permit to import approved. usaf-vet Sep 2019 #5
Gambling??? In this casino? I too am shocked. CincyDem Sep 2019 #7
Guess the brave trump boys -- hunters/killers of elephants, leopards, etc. -- asked dad for a favor. Hoyt Sep 2019 #4
We need to steal the shipment (likely by air) as it arrives in the USA. Wouldn't that be great? machoneman Sep 2019 #6
No, No, and HELL NO!! Bayard Sep 2019 #8
CHRIS PEYERK, 33 President, Dan's Excavating Inc. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #9
Whether 400,000$ or... Maxheader Sep 2019 #10
That asshole must be so proud. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2019 #11
These are the type of people that will bluestarone Sep 2019 #12
The corpse should be stolen and burned. Takket Sep 2019 #13
I have no words, except that I hope this guy dies a horrible death. Coventina Sep 2019 #14
+ 10000 MBS Sep 2019 #17
Perverted scum! denvine Sep 2019 #15
He should be in prison. rockfordfile Sep 2019 #16
Just paving the way so Chump Jr. can do the same. Totally Tunsie Sep 2019 #18
So Sick Rebl2 Sep 2019 #19
I remember this story. Killing it was a good thing. NickB79 Sep 2019 #20
Yes. But this is DU and emotion beats logic Drahthaardogs Sep 2019 #23
Nope. Trophy hunting under ANY circumstances is despicable. Coventina Sep 2019 #26
Tranquilizing such a large, old animal is often lethal NickB79 Sep 2019 #27
Yes, absolutely they should have turned down $400,000 BLOOD MONEY Coventina Sep 2019 #28
Trump: Perverting everything to do with government. dchill Sep 2019 #21
Guy has more dollars than sense. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #24
This crap is becoming surreal. real Cannabis calm Sep 2019 #25

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
22. They sell trophy hunts for old bulls who no longer breed
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:21 AM
Sep 2019

And use the funds for protecting the younger animals. The country is poor and this raises much needed money for conservation. I don't have an issue with it.

We used Pittman Robertson Act funds in the same way and our national and state parks and refugees are better for it.

usaf-vet

(6,094 posts)
5. So the hunter bribed Trump's administration officials to get his permit to import approved.
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 01:15 PM
Sep 2019

I'm shocked! Totally shocked !!!

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. Guess the brave trump boys -- hunters/killers of elephants, leopards, etc. -- asked dad for a favor.
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 01:13 PM
Sep 2019

machoneman

(3,952 posts)
6. We need to steal the shipment (likely by air) as it arrives in the USA. Wouldn't that be great?
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 01:16 PM
Sep 2019

Hide it until the hunter dies, then donate it to a nature museum. That'll fix him!

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
8. No, No, and HELL NO!!
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 01:32 PM
Sep 2019

Aren't there international laws this would violate? Or, could the air service bringing it back be boycotted?

Just as much shame on the Namibian government.



mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
9. CHRIS PEYERK, 33 President, Dan's Excavating Inc.
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 02:06 PM
Sep 2019
CHRIS PEYERK, 33

President, Dan's Excavating Inc.

JENNETTE SMITH

Biggest achievement: Assuming active control of the company and restructuring it from a small family business to a large player in the construction industry. Increased annual revenue from $10 million to $175 million a year.

Current goal: To become the No. 1 road builder in the state.
....

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
10. Whether 400,000$ or...
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 02:18 PM
Sep 2019

4 cents....Wrong to shoot the beast...wrong for stumpy to pay any attention to the issue..whatsoever...imho..

bluestarone

(16,722 posts)
12. These are the type of people that will
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 04:44 PM
Sep 2019

KILL when the trophy animal is sleeping or eating!! BIG BRAVE FUCKING HUNTERS!!

NickB79

(19,114 posts)
20. I remember this story. Killing it was a good thing.
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 09:46 PM
Sep 2019

It was sterile from old age but still attacking younger, snaller males that were trying to breed the local females. IlKeeping it alive in it's natural habitat was actually hurting the specie's ability to reproduce. If the rhino wasn't shot by a hunter for money (a LOT of money) the local game wardens were going to shoot it and bury it's body.

With endangered species, effective population management is vital. Sometimes that means one individual dies for the greater good of the species as a whole.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
23. Yes. But this is DU and emotion beats logic
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:24 AM
Sep 2019

It's why people say fuck the pope because women can't be priests but scream racism if you condemn Islam even though they actively stone women to death.

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
26. Nope. Trophy hunting under ANY circumstances is despicable.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 04:35 PM
Sep 2019

That furthers the myth that there is value in killing these animals and taking their body parts as badges of honor.

Much better if the game wardens had killed and buried it.

However, I dispute the "necessity" of even doing that. If it was such a threat to nearby rhinos, it could have been tranqued and moved.

Now, other trophy hunting scum will only look for other "opportunities" to claim other animals need to be eradicated "for their own good" because money talks.

"We must kill the animals to save them!" is pure crap.

NickB79

(19,114 posts)
27. Tranquilizing such a large, old animal is often lethal
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 04:43 PM
Sep 2019

And extremely expensive to try.

Namibia doesn't have infinite amounts of money. You want them to turn down $400K that could fund dozens of wildlife wardens, and/or spend huge amounts of money on moving an old rhino with no breeding potential to a preserve where it may only live a few more years? As it stands, this wasn't the only old rhino sold for a hunt; they've been doing this for some time, and still do it today.

Your heart is in the right place, but let the experts who've devoted their lives to saving these creatures from extinction do their job. Wildlife management requires you to look at the population as a whole, not individuals. It's not pretty, but it works. Your solutions would waste limited funds and push the species closer to extinction.

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
28. Yes, absolutely they should have turned down $400,000 BLOOD MONEY
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 04:56 PM
Sep 2019

Again, it only furthers the idea that these animals are WORTH KILLING.

That is SICK and WRONG and the KILLING CULTURE NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED.

Handing out passes to kill these animals only increases their desirability.

Any "expert" that contributes to the killing culture is only making the problem worse, not better, in the long run.


This is why there are public ivory burnings/crushing events.

The only worth of an animal is when it is ALIVE. The.End.

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