In a tragic blow for wildlife, the US Fish & Wildlife Service will grant permission for a trophy hunter to import the skull, horn and skin of a rare black rhino that he shot and killed in a national park in Namibia.
Michigan resident Chris D. Peyerk paid $400,000 to a Namibian conservation organization in May 2018 to hunt the rhino. In April 2019, he filed an application with the Fish & Wildlife Service for permission to import the rhino’s body parts.
The specific rhino that Peyrek listed is the south-western black rhinoceros, a subspecies of the critically endangered black rhino. This subspecies is listed as vulnerable, though not yet endangered.
However, with less than 6,000 left in the wild, black rhinos are protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The U.S. government allows the importation of endangered animal “trophies” only if their hunting is considered beneficial for the survival of the species. The species depends on the government for protection from big game hunting disguised as “conservation.”
“We urge our federal government to end this pay-to-slay scheme that delivers critically endangered rhino trophies to wealthy Americans while dealing a devastating blow to rhino conservation,” said Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and president of Humane Society International.
She goes on to say, “While we cannot turn back the clock to save this animal, the administration can stop the U.S. from further contributing to the demise of this species by refusing future import permits of black rhino trophies.”
This innocent animal deserves more than a senseless death and exploitation of its body as a “trophy.”
Contact the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service today and urge them to reverse this misguided decision and help ensure black rhinos have a future in Africa.
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YOU ARE A DISGUSTING P.O.S. THIS IS SUCH A DEPLORABLE ACT. TO KILL FOR PROFIT.
Hi. I sign every abuse petition that you send my way…but after seeing the cow covered in who knows what, I just had to write and tell you Thank You for going the extra mile finding this poor baby and I’m sure hundreds more. They do have feelings too! We had a pet milk cowwhen I was growing up that my brother milked twice a day. On days that he tried to sleep in she somehow knew where his room was and would get as close as she could on her side of the fence and just let out moos. Now being a mom, I know what she was going through! Back then it was just embarrassing that the whole valley could hear her…so we’d go get his lazy bones up. I really shouldn’t say that, compared to today’s kids he was required to do all of the animal work. I unfortunately had really bad asthma and wasn’t allowed out in the barn, because of the dust and hay.
Anyway…THANK YOU AGAIN for saving those precious cows!
Why should we be surprised when so many of these trophy hunters are American and we all know America’s love of the gun. Big brave men trying to prove their manhood by killing innocent animals!
Shame on the US government for allowing this to happen, but then again, EVERYONE knows that Trump’s sons are avid hunters……..On a different note, the only GOOD hunter is a DEAD hunter, preferably with their ‘body parts’ being cooked and fed to the pigs, and THEIR head hanging on the wall as a trophy, so showing the world that another piece of useless, cruel human trash has been exterminated, made extinct, just like the animals that these brain-dead, heartless, gutless, soul-less POS murder for the sake of ‘fun, sport and entertainment’
That is the most stupidest thing for the US govt. let this sleazeball have his rhino parts for 40,000 dollars. I guess money does talk.what is he going to do with the parts in US.Think that this scumbag can kill the extinct animals,that gives anybody else to go to Africa and kill all kinds of animals for trophies. I hope karma comes back on all of the participaters. No heart at all.
Another US Department showing their total disregard and complete absence of compassion for any form of animal welfare. There is pure evil rife in this government.
There are no words for these actions towards animals. They have more money than they deserve.
They do not care about anything except their own ego.
The US should STOP this CRAP We want our animals left alone Looks like someone is getting $$$$ for this ANIMAL CRUELY
I think that this is deplorable and should not have been allowed. Especially with an animal that is on the brink of extinction. I don’t care how much he paid this Is unacceptable .
The US Fish and Wildlife department are full of idiots who are probably trophy hunters themselves. What does this mixed-up and archaic circus of fools actually do? Every time it involves murdering animals, these clowns are behind it. This sicko department should be destroyed and rebuilt with people who actually cares about the welfare of animals. I hope the evil bastards and all like them get the karma they all deserve.
No trophy hunting ever, I don’t care how much some moron spent, the animals should be left alone.
It’s typical of the idiotic, brain dead governments to say one thing and do another. They want to act like and pretend to the public that they care and are trying to protect endangered species but soon as big money is shoved up their noses, they are ready to use some stupid excuse, they try to get us to believe is logical, for some morons to committ heinous crimes against innocent, defenseless animals that should be living in peace in the wild. This piece of crap wanted those body parts as trophies and nothing else. Who in the hell do he think he is impressing? How sick, demented, and evil do you have to be to think that way of a living creature and disregard that it is a life walking around, breathing and living as you, enjoying it’s life. These senseless twits and the pitiful government get on my nerves using conservation as an excuse. Yeah……DUH!!!! that’s why these animals are now endangered. The government is ……EXTRAORDINARILY USELESS. They’re just in cahoots with these heartless imbaciles and are in it for the money. Logic, morals, respect for nature has no place in our governments. The governments are souless organizations that would serve everyone better by being …ABOLISHED!! Find some people who care and help get that PUNK and others like him locked up. Take his guns and licenses away and ban him from hunting again. Of course that’s only wishful thinking. There is no way our greedy, corrupt government will allow that. Our sweet-natured animals are doomed. Humanity stinks.
There are no words to describe the disgust .
Fail to see the appeal of killing any animal, even less an almost endangered species who hardly has a chance to fight back (if only it had!). Anyway, who wants manky pieces and what for?? Aren’t they better in a whole animal who can keep the species going…?
This made me so angry, animals are a gift from God and we are so blessed to have them and TROPHY HUNTERS SHOULD BE HUNTED BY HUNGRY LIONS THEY ARE SCUM OF THE HUMAN RACE AND HAVE WAY TO MUCH MONEY!!
Trump’s sons do stuff like this…elitist crimes against nature
Yeah Rhonda, he is a punk and a half huh?
Lets see Epstein bought his way out, the actress bought her kid a college spot, just typically of how the bar has been lowered.
“Trophy” hunters: The most useless creatures on earth.
hope this government get all poached like there were rhinos or elephants pieces of shit unprotect the little left what kind of evil president and evil regulation you enact!