ORIGINAL: Cabelas4Toys
The surprising thing is that this isn't really a brand new idea.
If you go to the website for Bullseye Outfitters (an outfitter used by Ralph and Vicki of the Archer's Choice and some of the other popular pro hunters) you'll see that they offer a 5 day traquilizer dart rhino hunt for $6,900.
http://www.bullseyeoutfitters.com/africa_hunts.html
This hunt has even been featured on American Archer on the Outdoor Channel recently. Yet I havn't heard a big backlash against it.
Actually, the description on that site for the dart hunt is:
South Africa Rhino Dart Hunt:
5 Days, Fully Guided. Includes All Veterinary & Taxidermy Equipment, Accommodations & Meals.
$6,900.00
I am assuming that since they offer taxidermy service with this hunt that means that you are harvesting an animal and not simply knocking it out? That makes it hunting with a dart ... a traditional method of hunting in Africa and other countries (although they blew the poisoned darts out of a reed and this did not say how the dart was to be administered). Nowhere did I see the word tranqualizer. Did I miss something else on the page?
Shannon