*Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so
please excuse the roughness. See link for original. *
Ivory trafficking: a capture of 5 tusks in Oyem (Gabon)
Obone Flora, 7 Days Info
May 6, 2021
See link
https://7joursinfo.com/actualites/trafic-divoire-une-prise-de-5-pointes-a-oyem/
for photo.
Agents from the Directorate General of Research (DGR) have just seized 5
elephant ivory tusks. Indeed, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in the town of Oyem
(Woleu-Ntem province in northern Gabon), information relating to an illicit
sale of ivory in a district of the town of Oyem reached the agents of the
DGR.
Investigators have opened proceedings to curb this affair. Thus, a joint
team, made up of agents of the said unit and of Water and Forests with the
support of members of the NGO Conservation Justice will go to the places
indicated in order to get hold of the person suspected of ivory trafficking.
At the place indicated, after a few minutes of waiting, an individual with
a black backpack appeared. Mr. Joseph MBA ELLA, of Gabonese nationality, in
his late fifties, was arrested in possession of 5 ivory tusks cut into 14
pieces. He was taken immediately to the post and then kept in custody in
the premises of the Directorate General of Research.
The accused will be brought before the special formation of the Public
Prosecutor's Office of Libreville to answer for the facts of detention and
attempted sale of ivory with which he is accused. He faces up to 10 years
in prison in accordance with article 388 of the penal code.
Ivory trafficking poses a great risk of extinction for the elephant, a
slowly reproducing species. “Elephants generally live in large herds, made
up of females and their young. The female carries her young in her womb for
almost two years (between 20 and 22 months), before giving birth,”
indicates the Vikidia encyclopedia. This rate of reproduction could be even
slower if poaching and ivory trafficking are still practiced.
https://7joursinfo.com/actualites/trafic-divoire-une-prise-de-5-pointes-a-oyem/
*Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so
please excuse the roughness. See link for original. *
Ivory trafficking: a capture of 5 tusks in Oyem (Gabon)
Obone Flora, 7 Days Info
May 6, 2021
See link
<https://7joursinfo.com/actualites/trafic-divoire-une-prise-de-5-pointes-a-oyem/>
for photo.
Agents from the Directorate General of Research (DGR) have just seized 5
elephant ivory tusks. Indeed, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in the town of Oyem
(Woleu-Ntem province in northern Gabon), information relating to an illicit
sale of ivory in a district of the town of Oyem reached the agents of the
DGR.
Investigators have opened proceedings to curb this affair. Thus, a joint
team, made up of agents of the said unit and of Water and Forests with the
support of members of the NGO Conservation Justice will go to the places
indicated in order to get hold of the person suspected of ivory trafficking.
At the place indicated, after a few minutes of waiting, an individual with
a black backpack appeared. Mr. Joseph MBA ELLA, of Gabonese nationality, in
his late fifties, was arrested in possession of 5 ivory tusks cut into 14
pieces. He was taken immediately to the post and then kept in custody in
the premises of the Directorate General of Research.
The accused will be brought before the special formation of the Public
Prosecutor's Office of Libreville to answer for the facts of detention and
attempted sale of ivory with which he is accused. He faces up to 10 years
in prison in accordance with article 388 of the penal code.
Ivory trafficking poses a great risk of extinction for the elephant, a
slowly reproducing species. “Elephants generally live in large herds, made
up of females and their young. The female carries her young in her womb for
almost two years (between 20 and 22 months), before giving birth,”
indicates the Vikidia encyclopedia. This rate of reproduction could be even
slower if poaching and ivory trafficking are still practiced.
https://7joursinfo.com/actualites/trafic-divoire-une-prise-de-5-pointes-a-oyem/
