The reason so many people were upset was that Knowlton won the right to hunt down and kill one of the last black rhinoceros on the planet. Despite the intense pressure, Knowlton decided to see the thing through. Within hours he and his family were receiving graphic death threats. Going once, going twice and bang! Knowlton found himself with a prize he later said he hadn't really wanted - and one that instantaneously landed him in the media spotlight. Then he sat back and waited to be outbid. Knowlton said he would, when the auction came, he made it interesting with an opening bid of $350,000. Would Knowlton promise to put down an opening dollar amount just to get the ball rolling? The problem was this: The friend was organizing an auction to aid conservation efforts in Namibia in southwest Africa and he was worried nobody would bid. ![]() When a friend approached 36-year-old Corey Knowlton in 2014 with a conservation problem, the Texas millionaire agreed to help. In 2014, a Texas millionaire paid $350,000 to kill kill one of the last black rhinoceros on the planet (like this one here) in the name of conservation.
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