Rhinoceros horn online auction: few buyers after outraged protests

Controversial three-day South African sale condemned by conservationists, but seller says it was 'successful'

South Africa's first online auction of rhinoceros horn - held amid outrage from conservationists - attracted fewer buyers than anticipated, lawyers for the organiser said on Saturday.

John Hume, owner of the world's largest rhinoceros farm, organised the controversial three-day selloff which ended on Friday.