Database of Wildlife Related Law
In 2015, the accused persons, BOUSSE AKOUYA David, NAMOUDJOU Hughes, NGOMBE Freddy, ANKOAT Clovis & MIKOUAKOU Aubin Lebrun were arrested by elements of the conservation service of the Lobeke National Park.
On the night of 2 October 2016, elements of the Forestry and Wildlife control post of Kika, Moloundou were on a wildlife control mission and arrested four accused persons with a bag containing elephant ivories. Three of them took to their heels but the accused Hamadou, burdened with the weight of the ivories could not run.
On the 27 August 2016, elements of the Forestry and Wildlife control post of Gribi were on a wildlife control mission. A saviem car belonging to the transportation agency called Alliance Voyages, leaving for the town of Bertoua was intercepted by the elements for checks.
On the 4 June 2016, elements of the conservation service of the Forestry and Wildlife control post, Koumela, received reliable information about an ongoing illegal activity in the quarter of Nouveau Camp-Libongo.
On the 1 August 2015, elements of the conservation service of the Lobeke National Park organized an anti-poaching patrol in the said park and its peripheries. Following this patrol, the elements proceeded to arrest five (5) poachers camping in the forest, in SAFARI Lobeke.
On the 15 May 2014, elements of the conservation service of the Lobeke National Park arrested the accused Akouya Freddy in the locality of Nguilili, arrested the accused in possession of two elephant ivories. The accused admitted ownership of the said ivories and confessed.
On the 21 November 2012, the accused, Mendomo Cecile gave ammunitions to the co-offender Mbane Simon to poach elephants. He killed an elephant and stripped off its ivory tusks. On returning home, he was arrested by elements of the Wildlife and Forestry control post of Mintom, while looking to sell the ivories and discard the gun.
In June 2019, an elephant was reported killed in the North of the Dja Biosphere reserve in a village called Doumo-Pierre. Following this, the elements of the Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife Haut Nyong, arrested the accused Mebihi Daniel, an infamous poacher specialized in Elephant and Great apes poaching.
In 2014, the accused persons EKEL EKOAKAN Placide Magloire and METSINDE Rodrigue Terache both court registrars of the Court of First Yokadouma, broke into the office of the Registrar-in-Chief and collected three (3) elephant ivories which had been seized and kept in the registry as exhibits.
The appellants appeared before the District Magistrates’ Court on two charges of contravening the Nature Conservation Ordinance, 1975 relating to hunting specially protected game, (namely: three elephants) without a permit and possession of six elephant tusks.
