Poachers kill rhino in Nairobi Nat'l Park, underscoring risk to rhinos over Asian horn demand
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Kenyan Wildlife Service officials say armed poachers shot and killed a white rhino and cut off its horn in Nairobi National Park, the first poaching death of a rhino in the urban park in six years.
The killing brings to 35 the number of rhinos killed in Kenya so far this year, a sharp rise from the 29 killed in total in 2012.
Nairobi resident Chris Donohue said Tuesday that he and his family saw the poached rhino during a safari drive on Sunday. Donohue said the sighting was "pretty traumatic" and showed how endangered rhinos are.
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Animal experts worry that Africa's rhinos and elephants could face extinction unless the demand in Asia for rhino horn and elephant ivory is curbed.