Swaziland's rhino horn sale bid seen doomed at U.N. meeting on wildlife trade

A 33 month old black rhino is seen at a game reserve near Cape Town, South Africa, January 8, 2005. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Swaziland faces a struggle to get permission to sell 330 kg rhino horn for about $10 million (7.71 million pound) from a U.N. conference on the global wildlife trade which began in Johannesburg on Saturday but hopes to stoke a debate about regulated trade.

The African Kingdom of Swaziland, a poor, landlocked African country that is home to elephants, rhinos and other big animals, wants to use the money earned to pay for the conservation of its wildlife, a key tourism earner.