Title:

Anti-poaching dog unit given teeth

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2020
Abstract:

Four new dogs will be imported from the Netherlands to beef up the environment ministry's anti-poaching dog unit, which has helped arrest suspects in 52 poaching cases so far. The four dogs at Waterberg are trained to search buildings, vehicles, luggage and open areas for firearms, ammunition and illegal wildlife products such as ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and bush meat.

Series Title:
Namibian Sun
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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