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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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A cabinet directive to increase national quotas for harvesting fur seals in Namibia has been the proverbial match in the powder keg between those who support it and those who see it as an unnecessary and brutal massacre. Scientists, environmentalists, and animal rights groups point to the unsustainability and cruelty of the method of harvesting, as well as its social and ecological impact on seal populations and the marine ecosystem as a whole. The Namibian government, for its part, defends the practice by advocating for the control of seal populations in the face of declining…
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| NAM_2026_03_Is Namibias annual seal harvest ethical_justified_Republikein.pdf | 134.41 KB |