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Following preliminary investigations by the State Attorney of the Court of First Instance, Djoum the accused NNANGA Nsolo Simon was summoned to respond to charges of illegal killing of an elephant. That on September 21, 1988 in Mintom he was arrested for illegal killing an elephant with a firearm, without a hunting permit.

On 13 July 2011, the accused persons NTYAME ENDANGTE Jislin and EVA EVA Mathurin went to the forest in NKOLAFENDECK to hunt. They also invited a certain MOTO David Livingstone to accompany them to carry this act. On the first day of hunting, they killed an elephant.

Messiong Jean Marie was in possession of a hunting rifle of the 458 type with which he wanted to go big game hunting. Discouraged by the regular patrols of the rangers, he sold the gun to Meniamedel Jean Sylvain, a Gabonese living in Mazingo, who promised to give him the money within a short time.

On the 28 July 2016, a team of four (4) eco-guards and four (4) members of the community anti-poaching vigilante group, COVILAB organized a field mission based on information received from the hunting zone no.9 of MOLOUNDOU.

In order to solve some financial difficulties, ESSOUKETE KAMBA Hermann, owner of a calibre rifle type BAIKAN and a machine gun type PMAK and together with his police counterpart AMBOULOU Bienvenu, organised a hunting party in the MOKANGA forest, IBAMBA zone, where an elephant was killed.

In February 2010 at Kabo, Ekoulou Eddy Edgard met a friend of him named Papolo. This fried carried a piece of smoked elephant meat and said he had received this piece from two elephant hunters who told him where they have hidden their hunting materials.

In October 2000, Bandzani Landry Blaise working at Congolaise Industrielle des Bois,provided Itona Eric Brice with a type PMAK war weapon and asked him to kill an elephant and remove the ivory tusks for trade later on.

On 08 August 2020, Dobo Dominique went to hunt. After few kilometres he discovered an elephant that has been killed but still having his two ivory tusks. We went back to the village to take an axe with which he cut the two tusks into four pieces weighing 3 kg each for a total of around 13 kg.

In June 2014, the Itan Guy, Deguemel Anicet, Biloa Cyr, Zoniaba Armand, wildlife and biodiversity conservation officers of the same patrol unit, arrested a hunter ”used” by Dida Jean Fernand.

In October 2014, following the discovery of the carcass of an elephant at Ignoli village in the area of Odzala Koukoua National Park, an investigation mission was carried out by the ecoguards during which Eboua Jean was caught red handed in possession of a weapon of war and ammunition that he buried at the place where the elephant had been shot.