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It's not unusual for game reserves to auction off wildlife to other entities, and it is a very common practice in effective wildlife management.

Unfotunately, in most reserves, there is a tendency for the populations of some animals to get too big for the reserve, and these populations often have to be controlled. Culling is often an option. But sometimes animals are sold to other conservation organisations, reserves and private individuals, usually on auctions. Many of these aniamals go to stocking new reserves, restocking others, or adjusting populations.

In the case of rhinos, for example, the males tend to be very territorial. If the number of males in a reserve gets too large, territorial fights become common place, often with fatal consequences. Males are often attacked by their counterparts, sometimes suffering severe injuries or horribly painful and lingering deaths. Females are usually spared such conflict, but not always. So it is usually best to take the excess rhinos elsewhere. (This is not a comprehensive explanation, btw, simply an example of wildlife management practices).
https://www.animalpicturesociety.com/female-lion-pictures-dfe2
That said, there are a number of reserves who may not be overly concerned with the ultimate destination of the creatures they auction or sell, but in general, Shamwari is fairly committed to good ethical conservation principles.

Sadly, that is not always the case, and once the sale is concluded, the fate of the animal is often unknown, although there are laws to try to protect wildlife to some extent. This could of course be debated extensively, but it's probably not a good forum to get into that debate.