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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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The Mole National Park, located in the Savannah Region of the country is Ghana's first, largest and most prestigious protected area which is home to different species of wildlife. The Mole National Park, known for its elephant herds, antelopes, and exotic bird species is the largest and covers about 4,577 kilometers. However, poaching activities at the park is causing a decline and extinction of the species. The park authorities are worried that the poaching activities could affect the number of visitors to the park and by extension affect revenue generation.
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| GHAN_2025_05_Poaching threatens Mole National Park_the tourism hub up north_Daily Guide Network.pdf | 109.79 KB |
A joint ambush conducted by Kenya's Wildlife Service and members of the DCI Serious Crime Unit has resulted in the arrest of 57-year-old Sila Waweu in Kiambu county. Waweu, who was accompanied by three others, was caught in Kenya's southern Kibwezi area with a bag containing 185 pounds of elephant tusks worth an estimated $65,000, while his accomplices managed to evade arrest.
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| KEN_2024_09_Kenya_ Suspected Trafficker Found with 185 Pounds of Elephant Tusk_Atlas News.pdf | 198.84 KB |
South African marine law enforcers have arrested four people, suspected of "poaching" lobster and abalones in Table Mountain National Park, the South African National Parks (SANParks) said on Friday.
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| SA_2021_05_South Africa arrests four suspected poachers_CGTN Africa.pdf | 60.57 KB |
Improved law enforcement and more effective disruption of criminal networks led to the decline in the number of rhino poaching in Namibia in 2020, according to a report released Friday. On the other hand, significantly more rhino horns were seized during 2020 than in 2019, the Combating Wildlife Crime in Namibia Annual Report 2020 states. The report states that the arrests during 2020 have included a number of high-level perpetrators, with significant international connections.
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| NAM_2021_04_Improved law enforcement helps reduce rhino poaching in Namibia_CGTN Africa.pdf | 208.59 KB |
Namibia is dehorning most of its endangered black rhinos in an effort to curb poaching, official said Thursday. According to Environment Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, Namibia has dehorned about 208 rhinos this year, bringing the total number of dehorned rhinos to 666 since 2018.
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| NAM_2020-10_Namibia dehorns 666 rhinos since 2018 to curb poaching_CGTN Africa.pdf | 235.7 KB |
Namibia has lost 17 rhinos and two elephants to poaching since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said Tuesday.
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| NAM_2020-08_Namibia loses 17 rhinos 2 elephants to poaching since January_CGTN Africa.pdf | 215.75 KB |