Rhino Horns Worth $5.2M Stolen in South Africa

Rhino horn stock piles worth over $5.2 million have been stolen from a South African game park office, the raided tourist agency said on Tuesday, in the first known theft of its kind. Thieves on Monday broke into the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency and cut into a strong box, making off with 112 pieces of rhino horn, weighing 80,135 kilograms. "It's the first time there has been a break in at our premises, it was obviously well planned," the parks' spokeswoman...

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