DutchNews.nl,
Monday 15 September 2014
(NOS) |
Animal
protection groups told the NRC earlier this year they had doubts about the
effectiveness of the project.
'We were
naive and too enthusiastic in our belief that horn infusion would help,' Peace
Parks Foundation chairman and billionaire Johann Rupert told the Sunday Times.
'It was a mistake, not misrepresentation.'
The
Postcode Lottery has confirmed the repayment and has placed the money in a
different account until there is more clarity about what methods do work, the NRC says.
The
Postcode Lottery gave €14.4m to the foundation in February. During a gala
celebration, prime minister Mark Rutte described horn infusion as the 'key' to
combating rhino poaching.
The bulk of
the donation was earmarked for other anti-poaching methods.
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