Ammon News - South African millionaire John Hume, a rhino advocate after 30 years of fighting poaching, has decided to drop the case and organize an auction this week on the world's largest farm for the endangered species.

"I have nothing left, except for two thousand rhinos and eight thousand hectares of land," Hume, 81, said in an interview.South Africa is home to about 80% of the world's rhinos. But the country has become a poaching hotspot fueled by demand from Asia, where its horns are used in traditional medicine. He added, “I spent all my life savings trying to save these animals for 30 years. I have run out of all my money.”

Last year, about 450 rhinos were killed in South Africa, slightly less than the previous year, according to the government, despite strict measures imposed to combat poaching in national parks such as the Kruger Park.

John Hume estimates that over the years he has spent $150 million on his ambitious project to save these large mammals that he fell in love with.

Dearborn