A Dallas club is auctioning off a rhino hunt in the name of conservation

Is this the same mindset that said "we had to destroy that village to save it"?

To kill a rhinoceros in Africa, it helps to be affiliated with an organized crime unit and equipped with military-grade equipment. Or, you could just be the highest bidder in an auction.

In an effort to save the black rhino, of which only 5,055 remain in the wild, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) is auctioning off the chance to travel to Africa and, as the Dallas Observer puts it, shoot one dead. The club received special permission from the government of Namibia to hunt in Mangetti National Park, and from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to bring the prize kill back to the states.

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/kill_a_rhino_save_the_rhinos/