Hollywood beauty Charlize Theron has offered to go on a date with a US businessman if he spares the life of a rare animal. The president of Speedtech Instruments, David Laylin, bought black rhino Baixinha 12 years ago for $90,000 and, if no conservation group can come up with $60,000 he will sell her to a Norwegian big-game hunter for the same price.
“If you agree to release Baixinha to a sanctuary, I will agree to meet you in South Africa to celebrate her freedom,” wrote the statuesque actress, 25, in a letter, which was later released by animal welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The businessman has said that he cannot afford to give the rhino away. “She is a wonderful animal and the last thing I want is to have her blown away.”
Meanwhile, Charlize’s fellow actress, Meg Ryan, is set to make a documentary on the dwindling number of elephants in Thailand. A British production company, Tigress, is producing the 60-minute film, which aims to promote elephant conservation in the Far East. The 39-year-old actress arrived last weekend and is to be taken to several sites around the country to see the elephants’ plight for herself.
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