Namibia Wildlife Auction Breaks Record
Published July 29th, 2008
The Nambian Ministry of Environment and Tourism generated N$19 million from a live game auction held in Windhoek on Friday morning. A total of 175 animals were auctioned.
The animals were captured in the Waterberg Plateau Park and Etosha National Park.
Auctions of rare game species from State-owned game parks were approved by Cabinet in 2003.
They are being conducted every second year and the last one in 2006 generated over N$9,2 million.
The money generated from these auctions is put into the Game Products Trust Fund, which funds rural conservancies and community development programmes.
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