FRANCE
In March, poachers broke into Thoiry Zoo, near Paris, overnight and killed a 4-year-old white rhino, then hacked off his horn. Police are investigating the incident.
SOUTH AFRICA
On Feb. 20, an armed gang broke into a rhino orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal and removed two rhinos’ horns in front of staff members. One rhino was killed and the other had to be euthanized.
KENYA
During the summer of 2013, seven rhinos were killed by poachers in a series of coordinated attacks within the space of one week in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across Kenya.
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