Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Northern white rhino dies in US zoo, 5 left in the world

Northern white rhino dies in US zoo, 5 left in the world


A northern white rhinoceros that was only one of six left in the world has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. U-T San Diego reports Angalifu, who was about 44 years old, apparently died of old age on Sunday. His death leaves only one northern white rhino at the zoo, one at a zoo in the Czech Republic and three in a preserve in Kenya. Rhino horns are valued as dagger handles and are mistakenly seen as an aphrodisiac. As a result, poaching has pushed the critically endangered...

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