Posted on 08/10/2006 2:25:50 AM PDT by Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
BEIJING — China is to auction licences to foreigners to hunt wild animals, including endangered species, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
The government would auction licences based on types and numbers of wild animals, ranging from about $200 for a wolf, the only carnivore on the list, to as much as $40,000 for a yak, the Beijing Youth Daily said.
The auction, taking place on Sunday in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan, would be the first of its kind in Chinese history, it added.
"Some animals are from the first and second category of national wildlife protection, but with the strict limitations in place, the hunting could not destroy wild animal populations," the daily said.
The report made no mention of the endangered giant panda, some 1,500 of which survive in nature reserves in southwestern China.
Five western areas, including Qinghai, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces and the autonomous regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang, are involved in the auction.
Hunting of animals is popular with Chinese who like to eat exotic meats or use animal parts in medicines for their perceived aphrodisiac or medicinal properties.
But the hunting licences would be available only to foreigners, given China's strict rules on gun control, the daily said.
"Hunting is not slaughtering," it quoted an official at a wild animal protection department as saying.
Proceeds from the auction would be used for wild animal protection, the report said.
They've never hunted me.....
What do you think you are worth in terms of a trophy? You know, if you had to be hunted, what would be the minimum with which you could feel respectable?
Don't exaggerate. Give me a real number.
Personally, as a 30 year old, well-trained male, I think I am worth between $400 - $700k.
To start I'd think many would pay much more to hunt a well equipped "prey". $700k would be a good starting point.....but I'd suspect it would rise after many failed.
LOL
Thank you,
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