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— In 2014, the Texas oil heir Corey Knowlton is reported to have paid $350,000 for the pleasure of killing a critically endangered black rhino in Namibia. He made the winning bid at an auction aimed at raising funds for African conservation run by the Dallas Safari Club. Afterwards, Knowlton told the media that he had received death threats but that he made his kill with a clear conscience: “I felt like from day one it was benefiting the black rhino.”