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Keepers found Vince, a four-year-old white rhino, in his enclosure at Thoiry Zoo on Tuesday morning. One of his horns had been hacked off with a chainsaw, police said. The African rhino's horn commands high prices on the black market, with about 100 killed every month in the wild.
However, this is thought to be the first time poachers have targeted a rhino living in a European zoo.
Vince was shot three times in the head after poachers forced their way into the zoo overnight. They then took the horn - a kilo of which could fetch as much as $60,000 (£49,300).
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originally posted by: MysticPearl
a reply to: gortex
Where were the poachers from?
From what I understand, it's not really something Europeans participate in.
originally posted by: D8Tee
a reply to: gortex
News articles should not mention how expensive the horn is worth, could just encourage others. Also, i suspect that the price they have quoted is inaccurate, likely broken down like drug busts, where it's sold by the gram at the street level. Instead they should lean the other way and make it seem not so lucrative.