Namibia | Rhino, elephant poaching down sharply in 2021

WINDHOEK, July 26 (Reuters) - Rhino and elephant poaching has declined significantly this year in Namibia, home to the only free-roaming black rhinos left in the world, government data showed on Monday.

Nine rhinos have been illegally killed by hunters so far in 2021, the lowest number in eight years for the period, according to the figures from the ministry of environment and tourism. Four elephants have been killed this way, a five-year low.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rhino-elephant-poaching-declines-namibia-2021-07-26/

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