--- description: A man from Texas has hunted and killed an endangered black rhino in Namibia after bidding $350,000 in an auction to win a hunting permit title: Texas Man Hunts and Kills Endangered Black Rhino in Namibia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [endangered species](/tag/endangered-species/) ## endangered species Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Guy Just Killed an Endangered Black Rhino After Paying $350,000 by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2015 7:52 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2015 7:52 AM CUT A man from Texas has hunted and killed an endangered black rhino in Namibia after bidding $350,000 in an auction to win a hunting permit. Since the auction last year, Corey Knowlton has faced intense criticism and even death threats from animal-rights advocates, but he said the hunt is an essential part of conservation work for saving black-rhino populations in Namibia. The 36-year-old hunter from Dallas told CNN the rhinoceros he hunted was an older bull that was considered a threat to the herd, as it was harming younger males. But opponents, including several animal-welfare groups, disagree with killing any endangered animal. [_Read more on the debate at CNN_](http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/19/africa/namibia-rhino-hunt/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/"},"headline":"This Guy Just Killed an Endangered Black Rhino After Paying $350,000","datePublished":"2015-05-20T07:52:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:28:31.567Z","description":"Warning: The video contains material that some viewers may find distressing","url":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/","keywords":["endangered species","Auction"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/endangered-species/","name":"endangered species"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/","name":"This Guy Just Killed an Endangered Black Rhino After Paying $350,000"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Texas Man Hunts Endangered Black Rhino in Naminia","description":"Last year, Corey Knowlton bid $350,000 in an auction and won a permit to hunt a black rhinoceros in the Southern African country. Now he has shot and killed the rhino , this is his story.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0njBsnbX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-20T06:09:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0njBsnbX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/","duration":"PT3M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3890319/namibia-black-rhino-hunt-killed-texas-corey-knowlton/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```