Database of Wildlife Related Law
In September 2015, MBARGA Robert Set traps in the forest that caught one Leopard. He ate the flesh and removed the skin and the skull to sell. He was arrested by the police. Upon arrest, he didn’t have a National Identity Card. After interrogations, he and the seized items, were all transmitted to the State Attorney for prosecution
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.
On the 29 April 2016, the conservation service of the Dja Biosphere reserve carried out an anti-poaching patrol in the Forest Management Unit of Mpacko (UFA Mpacko). In this regard, they arrested the accused persons, Mvomo Meka and Essiane Pamphille with parts of Chimpanzee, Monkeys, Bay Duikers, Pangolins and other protected animal species.
On the 3 March 2016, the head of the South Antenna of the Dja conservation service received reliable anonymous information on an ongoing illegal wildlife activity in that zone. A team was set up in this regard and after exploiting this information, elements of the conservation service arrested Salla Nguelle Réne.
In December 2011, during a special anti-poaching mission of the Forestry and Wildlife Control Post agents of Djoum, MBO NNA Epse AFANE Marion was arrested in illegal detention and commercialization of protected animal species without any legal document authorizing this activity. Upon her arrest, she confessed and admitted all the charges.
On the 2 June 2010, the military on duty at the frontiers post of MINTOM, received reliable anonymous information that some unidentified individuals were detaining a stock of ivories.
On the 22 July 2008 during a routine check, the chief of the Forestry and Wildlife Control Post of Mintom, apprehended two persons red-handed Mrs NSAH MEBA & AMVAME Brice Macaire).
On the 7 November 2015, MVOGO MBARGA Laurent Rodrigue and two others persons went in MFEM forest for hunting. While there, MVOGO MBARGA, shut what was supposed to be an animal before realizing that it was a human being ( MEDJO NTI Jean). He was immediately rushed to the hospital and fortunately he was healed.
On the 12 October 2015, during a mission of ecological monitoring in the Dja biosphere reserve, a team of ecoguards caught red-handed four persons (MVOMO Arsene Brice, OYANE MVONDO Pierre Aimé, EKOO EVINA Gédéon Delors, MBALLA MESSI Kilian) the fifth person who was not identified escaped.
In November 2010, the accused AGBWAME NGO Ruth in order to prepare for the end of year festivities, organized a poaching activity and the other co-offenders went to the forest to poach. During this hunt, they killed 01 elephant and a gun belonging to a certain Essono was seized.
