WILDLEX

A licensed hunter instructed his servant to kill an elephant, and left the servant in charge of the trophy. The Court held that this did not make the servant guilty of being in the possession of a trophy without a licence.

Dismissed appeal for lack of Merit- An appeal by the Appellant namely Pagainst the conviction on his own admission by the Magistrate of the Subordinate Court of the first class sitting on grounds that the charge did not disclose the full ingredients of the offence and that the plea of guilt being enter by the accused was equivocal and improper.

This is an Appeal against the Ruling of the High Court, dated the 12th of May, 2008 where the trial Judge refused the Appellant’s application for leave to apply for Judicial Review.

In December 2019, at Mekambo in Ogooué-Ivindo a joint mission of ANPN and counter-intelligence and military security agents of Makokou was carried out following an information related to the possession of two ivory tusks by MANGOKE MAMBO Robert and ETEMALONGO Frédérick at Ilounene village.

In 2019, MAMBELO Françis was arrested by judicial police officers when he was about to sell ivory tusks in a hotel room located at Potos area in Franceville. He admitted the facts during his interrogation but declared that he was not the owner of the tusks and he wanted to sell them to get some money.

In July 2020, informed of an impending transaction on ivory trafficking, the officers of the judicial police and the Waters and Forests provincial delegation of Nyanga supported by members of the NGO Conservation Justice were conducting an investigation, which succeeded in the arrest of the named MAKAYA Jean Almed and TIDJANI Idriss found in po

On October 12, 2019 at the handicraft village, judicial police officers arrested MABALA SECK Fall, DAFE Samba and NGUEYE Mbalo in possession of jewellery made from elephant hair, products from a fully protected specie.

During 2009, Ndong Messiam Alain killed a leopard caught in his traps, ate the meat and offered the skin to his boss. One year later, the wife of the latter was contacted by Lyady Yessirath Ola Woyin to find a leopard and she proposed the said skin at XAF 80,000 (eighty thousand).

On 11 February 2015, KOITA Alhassan, YATTASSAYE Aly and NDONG NDONG Chancel Cedric were arrested by the Anti-Poaching Directorate at the home of KOITA Alhassan in possession of two ivory tusks.

On May 16, 2019, water and forests agents were informed that a transaction on ivory tusks will take place in a hotel in Mouila and decided together with the police to move to the place. While there, they found Mrs Koghe in possession of two ivory tusks, arrested her and brought her to the police.