The World - News from Nov. 1, 1988

Poachers raided a special reserve and slaughtered at least five white rhinoceroses, eliminating the animals from Kenya’s public lands, authorities said. The poachers escaped after hacking off the rhinos’ valuable horns, highly sought after for use in traditional medicines and carvings. The night massacre occurred at Meru National Park, 140 miles northeast of the capital of Nairobi, said Minister of Tourism and Wildlife George Muhoho. The killings came amid stepped-up anti-poaching efforts by the government. Most of the continent’s white rhinos, which are not indigenous to Kenya, live in South Africa.