WILDLEX

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.

In June 2019, Epouka Claude Alain was caught red handed in possession of ivory tusks belonging to his sister named MBOYO Roseline. His sister had given him the tusks at Mahounda village to bring them to Ouesso.

On 4th September 2019, the services of the conservation and biodiversity sector of the NOUABALE-NDOKI park were informed of the fact that a Central African subject was holding ivory points in his hand, which he had buried in the ground. They went to the scene and proceeded to search his home.

In December 2012, Kouazock, Zopoum and Ben, all military officers left Brazzaville to Sembe carrying war arms and ammunition. They met with Ebisse Jean Claude and Sipiane Abel, both natives of the locality and suggested to them to hunt elephants. They provided them with arms and ammunition and gave them the sum of XAF 20,000 (twenty thousand).