Arrests made in US rhino horn smuggling ring (BBC)
The US has made six arrests in a multi-state rhino horn-smuggling ring, seizing $1m (£637,000) in gold ingots.
The arrests come after an 18-month-long investigation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) told the BBC.
Rhinos are an endangered species, but their horns are smuggled for buyers who believe they cure cancer.
Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe told the Los Angeles Times the arrests had "dealt a serious blow to rhino horn smuggling both in the US and globally".
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Agents working on Operation Crash (named after the collective noun for the rhinocerous{sp!}) arrested individuals in four states: California, Texas, New York and New Jersey.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17144762
So .. it's not a "herd" of rhinoceri, it's a "crash" (!)
