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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive
This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia 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
Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.
Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.
The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.
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Three community conservancies in north-western Namibia - Doro! Nawas, Sorris Sorris and Uibasen Twyfelfontein - reignited their opposition to mining inside the Red Mountain Joint Management Area after the discovery of a freshly poached black rhino. The incident has intensified long-standing tensions between conservation and mining interests in one of Namibia's most ecologically fragile and economically contested regions.
One of Namibia's endangered female black rhinos was poached over the weekend in a Kunene conservancy, renewing concerns about the protection of wildlife amid growing mining activity in the region. The female rhino, known as Dorsland, has given birth to up to eight calves since 2015 and was considered one of the region's prime breeding females. The rhino was with a calf and expecting another at the time.
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| NAM_2025_10_Dorsland killed amid mining threat_The Namibian.pdf | 350.07 KB |
The ownership of the Henties Bay Seal Products Factory is again being disputed after the company failed in its bid to reclaim 501 boxes of seized seal products The bid to reclaim the products was dismissed in the Katutura Magistrate's Court recently. Seal Products is harvesting and processing a seal quota in their Henties Bay and Lüderitz factories. The controversy began on 10 January when the Namibian Revenue Agency (NAMRA) conducted a coordinated intervention at a warehouse in Sun Industrial Park, Windhoek, shared by Seal Products and Golden Lion Investment CC.
A Chinese national was on Wednesday November 16, found dead in his apartment at Sunshine Court, Valley Arcade in Nairobi's Lavington area. According to police, the matter was reported to the Muthangari police station by the deceased's friend, Hoang Thi Diut. Officers reportedly found 78 pieces of elephant ivory, two pieces of rhino horns, two pieces of ivory sculptures, a piece of animal skin, 65 pieces of lion teeth and 160 pieces of lion claws.
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| KEN_2022_11_Chinese Man Found Dead in Lavington Game Trophies Recovered_Kenyans_co_ke.pdf | 260.42 KB |
Four (4) suspects were arrested on 21 August 2020 after they illegally hunted a specially protected game (rhino). The suspects conspired and entered a private Farm to hunt rhinos, they shot and injured a female white Rhino and killed one male White Rhino. The horns were removed. The cow managed to escape with a gunshot wound. It survived.
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| NAM_2020-08_4 arrested for rhino poaching_Eagle FM.pdf | 313.17 KB |