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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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04 August 2025 Devil's Claw has oddly shaped fruit with spikes that look like claws to deter animals. The plant's tubers are highly sought after for medicinal use as they are considered to have anti-inflammatory properties. Peace Parks Foundation in western Zambia's Sioma Ngwezi National Park, a little-known medicinal plant is vanishing - not from overuse by local communities, but at the hands of international crime syndicates.
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| SA_2025_01_Hunting for Poachers Amid South Africas Bloody Wildlife War_Outdoor Life.pdf | 3.45 MB |
Over 30 rhinos were reportedly poached in a period of six months alone in the Etosha National Park. The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Oshikoto Regional Commander, Commissioner Teopolina Kalompo-Nashikaku revealed this on Wednesday at a briefing with Oshana Governor Elia Irimari, constituency councillors and traditional authority councillors, on the fight against wildlife crimes in and around Etosha.
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| NAM_2024_083_Thirty rhino poached in six months_NAMPA.pdf | 375.33 KB |
An elephant was shot and killed at a farm in the Ndiyona Constituency in the Kavango East Region last Wednesday, the police said. The Namibian Police crime investigations coordinator in the region, Deputy Commissioner Bonifatius Kanyetu, told Nampa on Tuesday they found the carcass of an elephant at the farm in the Ndiyona Constituency.
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| NAM_2020-05_Elephant illegally killed at Ndiyona_NAMPA.pdf | 285.71 KB |