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Authorities say a rhinoceros at a zoo in Austria has attacked a married couple working as zookeepers, killing the woman and seriously injuring the man BERLIN -- A rhinoceros attacked a married couple working as zookeepers in Austria on Tuesday, killing the woman and seriously injuring the man as he attempted to save her, authorities said. The attack happened at the Hellbrunn Zoo in the western Austrian city of Salzburg. Zoo director Sabine Grebner told reporters that the 33-year-old woman, a German citizen from Bavaria, was assigned that day to put insect repellent on the rhino's body because they are very sensitive to insect bites. The 30-year-old female rhino, Jeti, attacked the keeper though it was not clear why, Austria’s APA news agency cited Grebner as saying. Salzburg police said the woman "succumbed to her injuries at the scene of the accident.” Attempts to resuscitate her were not successful. The other zookeeper , a 34-year-old Austrian citizen who was feeding other A...

Conservation Group African Parks has announced it is set to release 2,000 southern white rhinos into the wild in will be one of Africa’s largest rewilding programs. LONDON -- South African Conservation Group African Parks has announced it is set to release 2,000 southern white rhinos into the wild in what is set to be one of Africa’s largest rewilding programs of any species. The "rewilding" -- which is set to take place over the next 10 years -- comes following the purchase by African Parks of one of the world’s largest private captive rhino farms, Platinum Rhino. “As a result of financial stress, Platinum Rhino was put up for auction on April 26 but did not receive any bids, putting these rhinos a serious risk of poaching and fragmentation,” said African Parks in a statement. In this April 2, 2023 file photo wild white rhinos are seen at an undisclosed location in the North-West Province of South Africa. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images, FILE Platinum Rhino had been owned pr...