Monday, April 11, 2016

As British royals head to Indian wildlife park, rhino killed

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, tourists on an elephant watch a one-horned rhinoceros inside the Kaziranga national park, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of Gauhati, India. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge set to visit the world’s largest one-horn rhino park in remote northeastern India, conservationists hope the British royals can help raise global alarms about how black-market demand for rhino horns and other animal parts is fueling illegal poaching and pushing species to the brink. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)GAUHATI, India (AP) — With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge set to visit the world's largest one-horn rhino park in remote northeastern India, conservationists hope the British royals can help raise global alarms about how black-market demand for rhino horns and other animal parts is fueling illegal poaching and pushing species to the brink.


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