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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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Thursday, 14 November 2024
Nitnaware H 2024. Unchecked big cat trade thrives in South Africa, fuelling global wildlife crime.

South Africa has become the world's largest exporter of big cats and their body parts, with a thriving yet poorly regulated industry enabling illegal trade, according to a new report by global animal welfare organisation Four Paws. More than 3,500 live big cats and 34,000 body parts were exported from South Africa over the past two decades, revealed the report based on data from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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SA_2024_11_Unchecked big cat trade in South Africa fuels global wildlife crime_Down to Earth.pdf 75.78 KB
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Thursday, 29 February 2024
Thornycroft P 2024. Scores of elephants killed in Botswana amid poaching surge.

Scores of elephants have been killed for their ivory in Botswana in recent months as a southern African country once considered a sanctuary for wildlife has seen a surge in poaching. Poachers are thought to have killed at least 60 elephants in the past three months in the north of the country and in Chobe National Park, one of the world's top wildlife destinations. Gunmen are particularly targeting the few remaining "big tusker" elephants which have already been hunted to near-extinction.

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BOTS_2024_02_Scores of elephants killed in Botswana amid poaching surge_The Telegraph.pdf 1000.81 KB
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Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Luvhengo P 2023. Poacher sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing two rhinos.

A poacher from Mozambique has been convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing two rhinos in the Kruger National Park.

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SA_2023_07_Poacher sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing two rhinos_TimesLive.pdf 223.52 KB
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Luvhengo P 2022. Court hands down combined 63-year sentence to three rhino poachers.

Three men convicted on 12 charges related to rhino poaching have been sentenced to a combined 63 years in prison.

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SA_2022_05_Court hands down combined 63_year sentence to three rhino poachers_TimesLive.pdf 377.02 KB
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