Cameroon

Logging has allowed poachers to wipe out the African forest elephant

Logging has allowed poachers to pick off the African forest elephant at their will The Independent December 20, 2013 The ivory of these rainforest-dwelling creatures is harder and therefore more desirable. Most people know of the African elephant as the great beast that lives on the open savannah but there is a lesser known African elephant that […]

Big widlife traffickers arrested in Cameroon

As reported by Ofir Drori, Founder of LAGA (part of the EAGLE network): LAGA’s work resulted in two more successful operations last week –  A Chinese national arrested with giant pangolin scales, and an ivory trafficker arrested with two elephant jaws, both trafficker still locked. This week a notorious poacher that has enjoyed impunity for many years and kept being arrested and released by […]

EAL’s partner Conservation Justice made 4 arrests of ivory traffickers

Another amazing operation by our partner Conservation Justice in Gabon. Luc Mathot’s team managed to arrest 4 ivory traffickers near the Cameroon border. You guys are the best and we’re very proud to support you! One Cameroonian is the Imam of the town, so there will surely be high pressure to release him. Ofir Drori informed […]

Four ivory traffickers arrested in Cameroon, thanks to LAGA

Four ivory traffickers arrested in Douala, Cameroon, in two operations within one hour! We celebrate the crackdown. 16 tusks and many curved items seized including chopsticks. In the picture you see two of the traffickers with just their part of the seizure. Douala is always difficult as traffickers are getting more careful and smarter (well not too […]

LAGA Wildlife Law Enforcement managed to get 3 ivory dealers arrested in Cameroon

Our Conservation Partner LAGA Wildlife Law Enforcement managed yesterday to get 3 ivory dealers arrested in Cameroon with 24 tusks, mostly of very young elephants. PLEASE re-post and support their very important activities in Central Africa: www.LAGA-Enforcement.org The LAGA model is currently operating in 6 countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Central African […]

NGO LAGA facilitates arrest of ivory dealer in Cameroon

LAGA, the first law enforcement NGO in Africa, reported that a long time ivory dealer (in the picture) was arrested with 35 kg of ivory in the Briqueterie neighborhood in Yaounde (Cameroon), an area very difficult to penetrate because of violence and noted for harboring major ivory dealers. The dealer attempted to bribe the arresting […]

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