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Deadly love that has decimated thousands of rhinos

30-year-old ranger Salome Lemalasia from the Samburu community taking care of a 6-year-old black rhino named Loijipu. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The hunters' unsolicited toxic love towards rhinoceros in Kenya has been disastrous. The low-vision beast has been hunted nearly to extinction in the country which has heavily relied on the species to attract tourists.

A peek into Kenya's history shows how the country has been riding on the rhino's fame while thousands of gullible couples around the world have been wowed by the beast's fake horn to spice up their romance.

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