2 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins
Gabon, 27 Nov 2016
2 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins in the northeast of the country. One of them was arrested in act when he was surprised and arrested the moment when was trying to sell the contraband. After he was brought to police station, he revealed the other member of the ring who was arrested an hour later after being identified at a bus station trying to flee. The area has four National Parks and is still rich in wildlife, but the numbers of many animals are rapidly decreasing due to intense poaching and trafficking. The three leopards, one adult and two kittens, were slaughtered in the Mekambo area, bordering Mwagna National Park.
