Killing of white rhino. in zoo

Animal poachers broke into a French zoo. A male 4 year old white rhino was killed. One horn was sawed off. The authorities figure out that the poachers were disturbed before they could get the second horn removed.

I watched a special on conservation of animals with horns. It is tough sometimes on animals. Occasionally an animal will die. That is better than having whole species die off.

The method is simple. With a vet. present and in charge, put the animal to sleep. While asleep, cut the horn off.  Do this every two to three years as necessary. The species will survive.

Double or triple all criminal penalties. No time off sentence. Killing of any endangered species deserves a heavy penalty.

I watched news feeds and read the following links before blogging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rhinoceros

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-white-rhino-killed-in-french-zoo-20170307-story.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/07/519009851/poachers-break-into-french-zoo-kill-white-rhino-and-steal-his-horn

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-rhino-idUSKBN16E209

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-white-rhino-poachers-french-zoo.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/world/europe/rhinoceros-vince-paris-killed.html?_r=0

http://www.livescience.com/58155-white-rhino-killed-at-french-zoo.html