South Africa grants permits to hunt 10 critically endangered black rhino

Government says black rhino population is growing and also gives permission to hunt 10 leopards and 150 elephants

The South African government has granted annual hunting and export permits for big game including 10 critically endangered black rhinoceros and a similar number of leopards.

It also gave permission for more than 100 elephants to be killed, in keeping with international laws on the trade of endangered species, saying its elephant population was growing and that fewer than 0.3% were hunted each year.