Environmentalists in Namibia have accused local wildlife officials of hiding the real extent of rhino poaching in the Etosha National Park, which holds the highest concentration of black rhinos in the world. The Ministry of Environment recently acknowledged that rhino killings at the park quadrupled during the first quarter of 2024.
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Environmental activist and journalist John Grobler attributed the increase, in part, to a three-week mourning period for the passing of Namibia's president, which led to a security lapse by law-enforcement officials."They still refuse to show us the rhino horn stockpile to show if everything is there, if all the ivory is there," he said."When you ask them things like this, they tend to sit on their hands for as long as they can before they make any kind of disclosure.
Rhinos are critically endangered, and Namibian authorities have previously said that disclosing the number of rhinos in the national park only puts them in harm's way.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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