Poachers shoot rhino and use chainsaw to remove its horn in Paris wildlife park

A rhinoceros has been shot dead at a wildlife park near Paris by poachers who then used a chainsaw to remove the animal's horn.

Poachers shoot rhino and use chainsaw to remove its horn in Paris wildlife park

A rhinoceros has been shot dead at a wildlife park near Paris by poachers who then used a chainsaw to remove the animal's horn.

Thoiry Zoo director Thierry Duguet said poachers broke into the park overnight for the five-year-old white rhino, named Vince.

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