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Poachers kill rhino, steal horn at Paris zoo

A four-year-old white rhinoceros named Vince was shot and killed by poachers who broke into a zoo near Paris sometime Monday night. After the animal's death, poachers cut off his horn with a chainsaw.

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These drones are helping fight poachers (VIDEO)

The drones, which go completely undetected, can more accurately, quickly and safely find poachers than teams of Rangers on the ground.

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2 rhino poachers killed at South African wildlife refuge

The rhinos have become critically endangered, with poachers seeking the animals for their horns, which can fetch up to $30,000 a pound on the black market.

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Company indicted for selling illegal rhino hunts, horns on the black market

An African safari company was indicted in a federal court in Alabama for a scheme to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns, the Justice Department announced this week.

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