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NPB auction. Clive Walker, Chairman of the Rhino & Elephant Foundation and of the African Rhino Owners Association (AROA) recently attended a game auction held at the Hluhluwe Game Reserve by Vleissentraal, on behalf of the Natal Parks Board. A total of 133 white rhino and six black rhino were auctioned. The black rhino, who were the highlight of the auction, fetched R150.000 each while the white rhinos fetched exceptional prices at an average of R43.000 and a high of R86.000.
Walker purchased three white rhino females on behalf of the owner of Lapalala Wilderness to boost their white rhino population. He was immensely impressed with the condition of the rhinos in the bomas and was particularly delighted that the six black rhino fetched such good prices. The purchase brings to seven the total number of private black rhino owners in South Africa. This is most encouraging, as the private owner is increasingly playing a major role not only in the conservation of white rhino - whose numbers are on the increase - but also of black rhino. Overseas buyers, particularly from Malaysia and Israel, expressed great interest in the auction and all 1552 animals on offer were sold. The auction netted a total of nearty R9 million.
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