article_snippet: A Texas hunter who is paying $350,000 (£235,000) to shoot a Black Rhino in Africa has been granted permission to import the carcass to the U.S. as a trophy.
article_snippet: A Texas hunter who is paying $350,000 (£235,000) to shoot a Black Rhino in Africa has been granted permission to bring the carcass back to the U.S.
article_snippet: But the US Fish and Wildlife Service decided that as the $350,000 was going towards conservation efforts, allowing the carcass to be brought to the U.S. would not breach the endangered species act.
article_snippet: Last year More than 150,000 people approved a similar permit for another American hunter, Las Vegas-based investor Michael Luzich, who paid $200,000 directly to the Namibian government to kill a Black Rhino.
article_snippet: United States citizens make up a disproportionately large share of foreign hunters who book trophy hunts in Africa,' said Dan Ashe, director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, in a statement. '
highlights_snippet: But Corey Knowlton was waiting for permission to bring the carcass back to the U.S.
  