What This Black Rhino Hunter Didn't Want You To Know

"The winning bidder in a $350,000 auction for the right to kill an endangered black rhinoceros now says that death threats from the public have left him in fear for his life.

Corey Knowlton, a "hunting consultant" and co-host of the Outdoor Channel's Jim Shockey's The Professionals, was outed through social media as the winner of the Dallas Safari Club's auction. The hunting club has said that all of the money would be given to Namibia for "anti-poaching patrols, habitat protection, research and other measures crucial for protecting populations of endangered black rhinos," but nonetheless sparked the ire of some wildlife groups ... and the denizens of the Internet.

Knowlton told Dallas' ABC affiliate WFAA that he stepped up to bid at the club's request after other high-dollar bidders backed away in the face of the controversy. Immediately after winning the bid, he began receiving threats to himself and his family, he said."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from George Chidi / Raw Story: