The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism ((MEFT) has recorded five human fatalities and six injuries due to crocodile attacks in the Kavango West and Kavango East regions between January 2024 and February 2025.
Unrehabilitated sand mining pits continue to pose a threat to both human lives and those of their livestock in many areas in north-central Namibia.
The Ministry of Environment is urging farmers and communities in the Tsumeb and Oshivelo areas to exercise caution and protect themselves and their livestock while officials continue to track two lions spotted in the region on Saturday.
Onesi Constituency Councillor Festus Petrus has warned community members of Onesi and surrounding areas to exercise caution after a crocodile was spotted at Etaka Dam.
The Etaka Dam is situated in the Onesi area in the Omusati Region and stretches 14 kilometres from north to south.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism (MEFT) has announced that it granted approval for the export of 42 live white rhinoceroses to the United States.
The rhinos are privately owned and not government property, as only black rhinos are state-owned in Namibia.
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.
