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Poachers pull an Ocean's 11. Kill a famed white rhino...inside the zoo
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:39 am
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:39 am
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Perhaps no rhino death illustrates that threat more forcefully than the killing of Vince, a 4-year-old male white rhino who was slaughtered this week inside his enclosure at a zoo outside Paris. The rhino — discovered by his keeper at the Thoiry Zoological Park on Tuesday — now holds the ominous distinction of likely being the first rhino to be killed by poachers inside a zoo, experts said. “This is the first time we’ve heard of it,” said Crawford Allan, senior director of TRAFFIC North America, a regional office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). “It’s certainly the first time it’s happened in Europe. “It’s an incredibly shocking and distressing occurrence,” he added. “It’s also a game-changer for zoos. They’ve woken up today and realized their world has changed if they have live rhinos in their collection.”
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The zoo pinned the killing on criminals who forced open an outer gate outside the rhinoceros building overnight. The intruders then forced open a second metal door and broke open “an intermediate inner door” that allowed them access to the animal lodges, the zoo said. Police told Reuters that Vince was shot three times in the head. One of the animal’s horns was removed, probably with a chain saw, the zoo said. “His second horn was only partially cut, which suggests that the criminals were disturbed or that their equipment proved defective,” the zoo said. “The other two white rhinoceros living in Thoiry, Gracie aged 37 and Bruno aged 5 years, escaped the massacre and are safe.” “Vince was found this morning by [his] caretaker, who is very attached to the animals she cares for, and is deeply affected,” the zoo added. “This odious act was perpetrated despite the presence of five members of the zoological staff living on the spot and surveillance cameras.”
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:41 am to RedRifle
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Kill a famed white rhino
It was racist anyway. The black panther approves.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:42 am to RedRifle
I hope those guys burn. That's sick
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:45 am to RedRifle
So wtf do you do with that thing now? Hack it up and cremate it? Bury it? Serious question
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:46 am to Geauxld Finger
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So wtf do you do with that thing now?
I mean... how many other chances are you gonna get to try Rhino?
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:46 am to SuperFanDan
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I hope those guys burn. That's sick
Agreed. They need to die. Slowly and painfully.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:47 am to Geauxld Finger
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So wtf do you do with that thing now? Hack it up and cremate it? Bury it? Serious question
make a roux
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
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“His second horn was only partially cut, which suggests that the criminals were disturbed or that their equipment proved defective,”
Probably a Poulan, should have probably sprung for the Stihl if you are going to go through that much trouble.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:48 am to RedRifle
im willing to bet this wasn't french natives
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:49 am to RedRifle
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“This odious act was perpetrated despite the presence of five members of the zoological staff living on the spot and surveillance cameras.”
Somebody got paid.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 9:57 am to RedRifle
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a famed white rhino...inside the zoo
He was just living off his privilege anyway. Got what was coming to him.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:01 am to Geauxld Finger
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So wtf do you do with that thing now? Hack it up and cremate it? Bury it? Serious question
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:03 am to RedRifle
Poor guy.
On another note, can we all agree that rhinos look really fricking bizarre? It doesn't even look like it belongs in this era.
On another note, can we all agree that rhinos look really fricking bizarre? It doesn't even look like it belongs in this era.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:04 am to bengalbait
This shite makes me angry. Especially given that the reason it was killed was for something 100% useless. Gotdam Chinese.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:08 am to Geauxld Finger
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So wtf do you do with that thing now? Hack it up and cremate it? Bury it? Serious question
The lions gotta eat too.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:10 am to RedRifle
Poaching poachers should be a sport
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:10 am to RedRifle
These people are pathetic.
Posted on 3/9/17 at 10:13 am to RedRifle
There's a special corner in hell reserved for poachers.
frick those guys.
And frick the weird motherfrickers that buy things like ivory, rhino horn, whale bones etc. Those medieval ancient cultures need to be advanced or stomped out.
frick those guys.
And frick the weird motherfrickers that buy things like ivory, rhino horn, whale bones etc. Those medieval ancient cultures need to be advanced or stomped out.
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