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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 Skukuza Regional Court has today convicted and sentenced Ellias Sithole (42), from Mkhuhlu in Bushbuckridge to 11 years' direct imprisonment for poaching-related offences. Sithole was convicted on multiple charges, including Possession of a firearm, Conspiracy to commit an offence, Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, Possession of a firearm to commit a crime, Possession of ammunition and Possession of a dangerous weapon. On 23 January 2020, field rangers from the Skukuza Section of SANParks spotted a suspicious vehicle driven by the accused and stopped…
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| SA_2025_04_Man sentenced for poaching_related offences_Limpopo News.pdf | 144.98 KB |
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Zone D, Bauchi has declared that its
operatives have arrested and seized 216 kgs of Pangolin scales worth the sum of N432m.
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| NIG_2023_06_Customs impounds pangolin scales worth N432m_Nigerian Tribune.pdf | 255.36 KB |
Namibia saw a continued downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching last year after stepping up patrols and sharply increasing fines, the government said on Thursday. Citing intensified intelligence operations by authorities and collaboration between the government and the private sector, environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said 30 rhinos had been poached last year compared with 50 in 2019 and 79 in 2018. Only 11 elephants were lost to poachers in 2020 compared with 13 a year earlier.
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| NAM_2021_01_Namibia sees steady downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching_Sunday Times.pdf | 500.11 KB |