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On 5 March 2017, Vince was shot three times and killed by a group of poachers. They removed one of Vince's horns by using a chainsaw, and partially sawed off his second horn. It is likely that this attack was conducted in order to collect the rhino's horns and sell them on the black market.
309:"Stock Photo - The white rhinoceros Vince of Burgers' Zoo in the Dutch city Arnhem and born in September, plunged his self Thuesday [sic] (6-11-2012) into a new adventure. For the first time in his"
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636:"White rhino Vince in Paris zoo shot dead, horn hacked off"
606:"The Hard Truth about the Rhino Horn "Aphrodisiac" Market"
579:"Poachers Kill Rhino in Brazen Attack at French Zoo"
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