Ninth Rhino Dies at New Kenyan Sanctuary

Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife said Tuesday that a ninth black rhino has died after being relocated to a new sanctuary in a national park. The ministry says preliminary investigations indicate the rhinos died of salt poisoning after drinking water with high salinity. The latest black rhino death, reported Tuesday, brings the number of deaths in the botched relocation operation to nine. Only two of the transplanted black rhinos remain in the new habitat at Tsavo East National...

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