Namibia released rhino & elephant poaching statistics for 2019!

Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has released the rhino and elephant poaching numbers for 2019. According to the MET, a total of (at least) 45 rhinos and 12 elephants got illegally killed by poachers in Namibia in 2019. In 2018, a total of 57 rhinos and 26 elephants were poached, while 120 suspected poachers were arrested.Namibia has the second largest population of white rhinos in the world after South Africa and, according to Save the Rhino, it holds one-third of the world’s remaining black rhinos.