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How a plan to save rhino left 11 dead in historic blunder

June 26: A female black rhino at Nairobi National Park awaits translocation to Tsavo East. (Courtesy)

It was a disaster that left wildlife lovers around the globe appalled and baffled.

Eleven of Kenya's precious black rhinos were transferred to a new home in what was supposed to be a routine operation in a country fabled for its conservation.

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