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Poachers killed one of Zambia's last white rhinos and wounded the other.
The poaching occurred last week in the Mosi-Oa-Tunya national park, which is quite heavily guarded near Victoria Falls (in the tourist town of Livingstone).They poached hands at night.The horn of the dead rhino has been taken away.
Information was confirmed by Maureen Mwape, a spokesman for Zambia Wildlife Protection (ZAWA).'One of our two white rhinos was shot dead, the other was injured and receiving treatment,' said Maureen, and said authorities are investigating the case.
White rhinoceros in Zambia has been killed by poachers, then, in 1993, the government obtained six children from South Africa and now they have only one last child left.
A white rhino at a conservation area in Kenya (Photo: AFP)
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