Rhino Hunting Permit Auction Sparks Death Threats…Hungry US Citizens Spark Little Reaction

A permit to hunt and kill an endangered Black Rhino in Namibia has been sold at a US auction for $350,000.

Now, I in no way agree with the hunting of an endangered species, in fact hunting for anything you are not going to eat is alien to me.

What this highlights however is a more worrying trend than the demise of the black rhino.

“What could be more worrying?” I hear the animal rights people ask. Well, my fellow citizens suffering hunger and homelessness might be a good place to start.

In a world where every day we see and here about human rights being violated, in a world where our government spies on us, manipulates us at every turn, where families can no longer afford to put food on the table let alone keep the roof over their head, we see protests about the persecution and possible death of a black rhinoceros.

80,000 people signed an online petition against the auction. Death threats were made against the organizers.

I ask any of those people who signed that partition:

• When did you last say anything about homelessness in your neighborhood?
• When did you last petition the government because children in the United States are going hungry?
• When did you last give thought, time or energy to helping at the local food bank?

I am all in favor of conservation, but what a sad indictment it is that a black rhino in Namibia warrants more attention than a hungry family in the US.

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