Even after alarm was raised on the impending raid on May 6, after a group of about 17 poachers was spotted entering Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in Central African Repubulic, the poachers succeeded in killing about 26 Elephnants among them 4 calves, wildlife officials reported. According to World Wildlife Foundation, the area is known as 'the village of Elephants.' It attracts herds of elephants daily who gather to drink mineral salts in the sands.
The Guardian reported," The CAR has been unstable since a coup mounted by the Séléka rebel
coalition brought down the government of Francois Bozizé on 24 March.
Seventeen Arabic-speaking poachers, thought by local ecoguards to be
Sudanese, arrived at the park on Monday in a vehicle emblazoned with the
Séléka name. They were later seen shooting from a tourist viewing
platform overlooking Dzanga Bai."
According to Jim Leape, WWF's international irector general, The Central African Republic has been locked in political instability that seems to catalyze activities by poachers from the region.
Poaching in the region has been on the rise. January - February 2012, at least 300 Elephants were killed in Cameron's Bouba N'Djida National Park .
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