Death threats for US hunter

30 March 2015 - 02:02
By ©The Daily Telegraph

A Texan big game hunter has been given permission by the US government to import the carcass of a rare black rhino after he kills it in Namibia, despite heavy opposition. Corey Knowlton has received death threats since he bid $350000 (R4.2-million) for the right to shoot the animal in a controversial auction by the Dallas Safari Club last year.

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