Namibia - Rhino Management and Poaching

[Toko]

Check out this A suspected poacher out on bail now involved in murder

http://oxpeckers.org/2015/03/namibias-n ... nd-murder/

[Lisbeth]

A bail of R20000 is ridiculous, especially in this case

Nice guy His days outside the prison walls are hopefully finished.

It seems that also Namibia is in trouble and does not know how to face the poaching

[Flutterby]

[Toko]

Zwölf Nashörner und elf Elefanten aktuell gewildert

Mo, 2015-04-13 05:00 — Allgemeine Zeitung
Windhoek (fis) - Von Februar bis zum 7. April sind in Namibia die Kadaver von 23 gewilderten Dickhäutern entdeckt worden. Die Fälle werden untersucht, die Schutzmaßnahmen verstärkt.
Wie Simeon Negumbo, Staatssekretär des Umweltministeriums, gestern Nachmittag schriftlich mitteilte, seien in dem genannten Zeitraum zwölf Nashorn-Kadaver gefunden worden. Sieben davon habe man im Etoscha-Nationalpark aufgespürt, fünf in der Kunene-Region. Negumbo wies darauf hin, dass nun seit Oktober 2014 bereits elf Nashörner im Etoscha-Park gewaltsam ermordet worden seien. Überdies seien im o.g. Zeitraum in der Sambesi-Region neun und in der Region Kavango-Ost zwei gewilderte Elefanten entdeckt worden, führte der Staatssekretär aus.
Weitere Details, beispielsweise genauer Fundort und Todeszeitpunkt, gab es nicht. Nur so viel: Alle Fälle würden untersucht. Und: Die Patrouillen seien mit Hilfe von Polizei und Militär verstärkt worden. Negumbo rief die Bevölkerung zur Hilfe auf. Für sachdienliche Hinweise, die zur Festnahme von Wilderern führen, sei eine Belohnung von 30000 N$ ausgesetzt.
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Poachers Kill 12 Rhinos So Far This Year in Namibia

Poachers killed 12 rhinos in Namibia’s Etosha National Park and in north-western Kunene region so far this year, authorities said.
Seven rhino carcasses were discovered in Etosha, a prime tourist attraction, between February and April 7. “These cases bring the total of eleven poached rhinos in Etosha since October to date,” Simeon Negumbo, permanent secretary in ministry of environment and tourism said in an e-mailed statement. In Kunene, five poached rhinos were discovered from February to date, he said.
Poachers also slaughtered 11 elephants this year in north-eastern Zambezi and Kavango east regions.
“The ministry together with the Namibian police are investigating all these new cases of rhino and elephant poaching,” Negumbo said. The ministry has increased patrol teams and intensified ground and aerial patrols in all areas where elephant and rhino poaching is rife.
Poachers killed 23 rhinos and 76 elephants last year in Namibia, Romeo Muyunda, ministry spokesman said on Jan. 16. The country’s rhino population is under threat from poachers who kill the animals for their horns, to be used chiefly in traditional Asian medicines, according to the World Wide Fund to Nature.
About 1,750 black rhinos live in Namibia, out of a global population of 4,800, along with 469 white rhinos, according to Save the Rhino and WWF.

[Lisbeth]

Getting worse

Only Botswana seems to manage to keep the poaching under control. Why can't the countries learn from each other

[nan]

Getting worse

Only Botswana seems to manage to keep the poaching under control. Why can't the countries learn from each other

and form a block... too many money

[Mel]

With those numbers I had to find out how many blackies there are in Namibia in total at all.
I found the document belwo, which is generally quite interesting but I also learned that there
aren't that many blackies and 12 of them being killed already by now is just awful.

http://awsassets.wwf.es/downloads/2012_ ... inos_1.pdf

[Toko]

More than 30 rhino carcasses discovered in Etosha last week
2015-04-17

THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) said on Friday that a total of 31 rhino carcasses were discovered in the Etosha National Park during the course of last week.
Most of the carcasses were found in the western part of Etosha.

Permanent Secretary in the MET, Simeon Negumbo said this in a media statement made available to Nampa here on Friday afternoon.

The rhino carcasses were discovered from 8 April this year with some being old, while others still have horns.

According to Negumbo, the officials of the MET together with members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) are now busy conducting some thorough investigations to determine whether all 31 rhinos were poached or some died of natural causes.

“The current levels at which our rhinos are being killed illegally in the country needs to be rapidly brought under control. In doing so, the MET will continue to strengthen its efforts in effective crime prevention and law enforcement through coordinated and integrated clusters of activities, such as security planning, monitoring, adaptive management and a strong and effective presence on the ground,” Negumbo explained.

He further said that his ministry is in the process of having some dedicated investigation units that will mainly be focusing on criminal and poaching syndicates, and organised crime.

These units, said Negumbo, will work hand-in-hand with NamPol, the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), the Judiciary, Namibia's intelligence service, communities and farmers living in the vicinity of the Etosha National Park and other important stakeholders.

Issuing a stern warning, Negumbo said: “We once again condemn such ill-intentioned activities of rhinos and elephant poaching, and we call upon all those involved to refrain from such activities with immediate effect or risk of being caught and face the full wrath of the Namibian law”.
-Nampa

[nan]

Ho !

[Lisbeth]

Black rhino hunted in Namibia

EXTRACT FROM THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY SOURCE: Written by Ed Lavandera for CNN

In January 2014, Corey Knowlton bid US$350,000 for a permit to hunt and kill a black rhino in Namibia. He won the permit and became a target himself. The hunt is now complete. A rhino is dead. This is how it happened. - See more at: http://africageographic.com/blog/black- ... rx2ZC.dpuf