Seven elephants from Namibia are adjusting to a new home across the border in Angola after conservationists said the animals needed a new habitat to survive.
To share more on this, Elifas Bonifatius spoke to Romeo Muyunda, the spokesperson in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has received only three bids for the sale of 40 crocodiles.
The Ministry's Spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, confirmed that the three bids are currently being evaluated and that the process is expected to end next week.
A pregnant mother rescued her 4-year-old son from a crocodile attack at Divava Village, Kavango East Region.
The mother and child are both admitted to Andara Hospital.
Pauline Ruhepo Kawena says she and her son accompanied her older sister to the river to wash her clothes.
At Rundu, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism is raising awareness about littering.
Romeo Muyunda, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Ministries, says the Ministry is concerned that the country is becoming dirtier, which prompted the clean-up campaign.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism urges the public to follow guidelines to keep themselves secure and safe during the festive season and to ensure that wildlife crimes, and poaching incidences, in particular, do not occur during this holiday.
The N|A'ankusê Foundation has expressed its discontent with new regulations at the Ministry of Environment related to the keeping of large carnivores in captivity.
As of next month, the public will be required to pay an entrance fee at Dune 7, a popular tourist attraction near Walvis Bay.
This is according to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Public Relations Officer, who says the funds are needed to maintain the tourism facilities at the site.
Two white rhinos have been shot and their horns removed at farm Otjisauona, in the Windhoek district.
The Namibian police report that the incident took place between Friday and Monday.
The rhinos are valued at N$660 000.
