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Title:

Penalties for poaching

Publication Year:
2017
Abstract:

Since 2012, after more than two decades of low numbers of poaching incidents involving elephant and rhino, Namibia has experienced an alarming increase in the poaching of these two species. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism recently reported that a total of 245 elephants were poached between 2014 and 2017, while a total of 241 rhino were poached between 2012 and 2017.

Series Title:
The Namibian
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Keywords:
wildlife, crime, poaching, big game, ivory, protected species
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NAM_2017-08_Penalties For Poaching_The Namibian.pdf 461.51 KB

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This article is part of the Namibian Wildlife Crime article archive. The archive aims to:

  • provide easy public access to published information and statistics
  • enable easy stakeholder access to articles
  • provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia

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