Authorities state 87 rhinos were eliminated in 2015 compared to 45 in 2021, the majority of them poached from the nation’s biggest park.
The variety of threatened rhinos poached in Namibia reached an all-time high in 2015 after 87 animals were eliminated compared to 45 in 2021, main federal government information has actually revealed.
Africa’s rhino population has actually been annihilated over the years to feed the need for rhino horn, which, in spite of being made from the very same product as rhino hair and fingernails, is valued in East Asia as an expected medication and as jewellery.
On Monday, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism representative Romeo Muyunda stated poachers eliminated 61 black and 26 white rhinos primarily in Namibia’s biggest park, Etosha, where 46 rhinos were discovered dead.
“We keep in mind with major issue that our flagship park, Etosha National Park, is a poaching hotspot,” Muyunda stated, including that the ministry and police authorities have actually stepped up efforts versus wildlife criminal activity in the park to suppress poaching.
The Southern African nation is house to the only free-roaming black rhinos left on the planet and likewise represents a 3rd of the world’s staying black rhinos.
Rhino poaching has actually afflicted Southern Africa for years, particularly in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana, causing anti-poaching programs, consisting of stringent policing and dehorning, or getting rid of horns from the rhinos as a method of preventing poaching.
Namibia is likewise house to the second-largest white rhino population on the planet after South Africa.
The Save the Rhino Trust approximates there have to do with 200 free-roaming black rhinos in Namibia, generally in the northeast.
Elephant poaching in Namibia has actually decreased over the years, from a high of 101 in 2015 to a low of 4 elephants poached last year.