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Aishwarya
Rai to the rhino rescue
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 Aishwarya
Rai has joined the People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA) in pleading for an endangered
black rhino. Ash wrote a very emotional letter to
David Laylin, President of Speedtech Instruments,
Virginia asking him to refrain from selling the
black rhino for use in canned hunting outside a
ranch in Johannesburg. "I am writing to ask you
neither to sell Baixinha, an endagered rhino in
South Africa, to a hunter so that she can be killed
and have her head mounted on a wall, or hold her
hostage for money," she wrote.
" The
slaughter of an animal so magnificent and rare would
be a terrible tragedy. Making it even more tragic is
the fact that Baixinha is tame. She has no fear of
humans and even takes food from a child's hand. How
horrible to contemplate betraying this gentle
animal's misplaced trust in humans," the letter
added. Urging Laylin to reconsider his plan to sell
Baixinha as a living target to be released and shot,
Rai said, "Please agree to release Baixinha to
a sanctuary where she can live the rest of her life
in peace." Black Rhino eh? What does she have
to say about the Black Buck!
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