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Guyvanho
Mobanza Mobembo Gérard, (born ), known as Guyvanho, nicknamed the Butcher of Nouabalé Ndoki, is a Congolese convicted ivory trafficker and poacher. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison for poaching and attempted murder of park rangers, the first criminal sentence and the longest sentence a poacher received in the Republic of the Congo. Poaching Gérard was born around 1985 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then moved to the Republic of the Congo in 2008. He began poaching elephants that year in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, the namesake for the nickname "Butcher of Nouablé Ndoki". He led a group of about 25 poachers, and they poached at least 500 African forest elephants. Gérard's group were connected to an incident in early 2018, where they were caught with 11 poached elephants. Gérard got away, but three members of his group were arrested, and Gérard had an arrest warrant issued on him. Gérard's group were also connected to an incident on May 31, 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Forest Elephant
The African forest elephant (''Loxodonta cyclotis'') is one of the two living species of African elephant, along with the African bush elephant. It is native to humid tropical forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. It is the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of . As with other African elephants, both sexes have straight, down-pointing tusks, which begin to grow once the animals reach 1–3 years old. The forest elephant lives in highly sociable family groups of up to 20 individuals. Since they forage primarily on leaves, seeds, fruit, and tree bark, they have often been referred to as the 'megagardener of the forest'; the species is one of many that contributes significantly to maintaining the composition, diversity and structure of the Guinean Forests of West Africa and the Congolese rainforests. Seeds of various plants will go through the elephant's digestive tract and eventually pass through in the animal's droppings (likely in a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
