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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 pregnant rhino has been shot dead and dehorned by poachers on a game reserve near Alexandria. The incident comes as a gruesome reminder of the rhino poaching scourge, which has been relatively quiet in the Eastern Cape in the past six months but continues to threaten the survival of the species. We will update with more information once it becomes available. The only info circulating at the moment is currently behind a pay wall, which we don't have access to.
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| SA_2025_09_South Africa_Tragic news from the Eastern Cape_Roar Wildlife News.pdf | 41.59 KB |
South Africa: Great team work guys. Live pangolin saved from the illegal trade - disgraceful that 2 cops were among the suspects arrested! In an intelligence driven operation yesterday, 4 suspects were arrested at Makro Wonderboom, Pretoria, 2 were SAPS police officers, 2 x 9mm pistols retrieved. Outstanding work from SAPS Cullinan stock theft and Endangered species, SAPS Silverton K9 and support from US Homeland Security
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| SA_2025_09_Live pangolin saved from the illegal trade_Roar Wildlife News.pdf | 51.08 KB |
EAGLE Côte d'Ivoire - 2 traffickers arrested with 32kg ivory. The ivory, concealed in a rice sack, was trafficked from Liberia. The Burkina Faso National trafficker denounced the other for being a known big ivory trafficker.
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| CI_2025_09_2 traffickers arrested with 32kg ivory_Roar Wildlife News.pdf | 43.58 KB |
Zimbabwe Police has arrested one Cong Yanzhong from China for possession of 3 rhino horns worth US$240 000 and 4 pieces of raw ivory weighing 36kgs . The Chinese national appeared in court and was remanded in custody to 22 July 2025 for trial.
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| ZIM_2025_07_Zimbabwe Police has arrested one Cong Yanzhong_Roar Wildlife News.pdf | 43.62 KB |
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| SA_2025_07_As of July 3_Roar Wildlife News.pdf | 68.98 KB |
The Nkayi Rural District Council has been urged to tighten its monitoring systems to stop the illegal harvesting of timber by companies as the natural resource is not benefiting local communities. Nkayi South Member of Parliament Jabulani Hadebe said there were no mechanisms in place to protect natural resources in the Matabeleland North district.
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| ZIM_2023_10_MP bemoans Nkayi timber looting_Southern Eye.pdf | 288.12 KB |
A 26-year-old gold panner from village 8, Inyathi, Matabeleland North province has appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates Courts for killing a kudu valued at US$1 500.
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| ZIM_2023_09_Gold panner up for poaching_NewsDay.pdf | 202.31 KB |
Two Zimbabweans, who were recently arrested for illegal possession of a pangolin and illegally entering Botswana, have been jailed four years each.
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| ZIM_2023_08_4 years in jail for pangolin possession_Southern Eye.pdf | 240.62 KB |
Three Bulawayo residents have been dragged to court over illegal possession of a pangolin worth US$5 000.
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| ZIM_2023_06_Trio in court over pangolin_Southern Eye.pdf | 166.41 KB |
There is a resurgence of poaching activities targeting rhinos at Matobo National Park, which threatens to reverse gains made over the years to protect the endangered species. Matobo National Park in Matabeleland South has one of the highest rhino populations in the country. Six poaching incidents have been reported at the game reserve this year, according to Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) Matabeleland South regional manager Midwell Kapesa. Zimbabwe holds the fourth largest population of rhinos in Africa with 616 black rhinos and 417 white…
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| ZIM_2022_11_Matobo records upsurge in rhino poaching cases_Southern Eye.pdf | 201.35 KB |
It’s estimated that at least 38 pangolins were poached during the pandemic as people become more desperate to make money.
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| SA_2021_05_Pangolin poacher slapped with maximum sentence_SA Promopdf.pdf | 2.13 MB |