I interviewed Mr. Lemtongthai at the Pretoria Central Correction Center on a sunny Sunday morning in October 2016. The guards led me into a spartan office where I found Mr. Lemtongthai seated on a bench near the wall, wearing an orange jumpsuit with “Corrections” written in circular patterns all over it. I introduced myself, turned on my tape recorder and told him that I was there to hear his story. “Can you tell me about your involvement with rhino hunting?” I began. In a gush of broken English, Mr. Lemtongthai told me that he was a legitimate businessman who recruited Asian tourists to hunt in South Africa.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2018 18:19 UTC