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Monday 29 May 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Rhinoceros

All time
# Dublin rhino
Rhino from an under-threat species is born at Dublin Zoo
There were as little as 50 southern white rhinoceroses left in the wild in the early 1900s – now there are as many as 20,000.
# Texas
An Irish man has been extradited to the US for trafficking rhinoceros horns
Patrick Sheridan was originally arrested in the UK in January.
# rhino robbery
Rhino heads and horns stolen from Dublin museum archive
National Museum Archives were raided after midnight by masked men who tied up security man.
# Rhinoceros
Rhino killings for horns rise rapidly in South Africa
Horns are smuggled into Asia – where buyers are willing to pay the US street value of cocaine for a material they believe cures diseases.
# pic of the day
Baffled Baby Rhino of the Day
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