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Poachers kill rhino, steal horn at Paris zoo

by Jennifer Cruz

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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2 rhino poachers killed at South African wildlife refuge

by Jennifer Cruz

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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Critically endangered white rhino dies at San Diego Zoo

by Jennifer Cruz

The animal park made the “difficult decision” to euthanize 41-year-old Nola after a series of health conditions suddenly worsened.

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World’s last male White Rhino protected by armed guards

by Jennifer Cruz

Less than 60 years ago the population of the Northern White Rhino was more than two thousand, but thanks to poachers, by 1984 there were only 15 left in the world. Today, there are four, only one of which is a male.

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