A crowd of coastal residents gathered at the Sam Cohen Library in Swakopmund on Saturday to protest against elephant and rhino poaching.
The rising tide of elephant and rhino poaching in Africa is rapidly spreading to the sparsely-populated vastness of Namibia.
While no rhino was poached between 2005 and 2010, a total of 11 have been killed since; rising from one rhino killed in 2011 to four already this year. Currently two rhinos a day and an elephant every 15 minutes are lost in Africa.
The march in Swakopmund took place simultaneously with marches in over 40 countries and 121 cities in the world as part of the World Animal Day. The march, which was the first World Wide March aimed at stopping the extinction of these species, aimed to highlight the severe poaching crisis in southern Africa.
Residents started marching from the Sam Cohen Library, worked their way through the city centre and back to the library. It was a very exciting day, which drew people from all ages and all walks of life, who could be heard throughout the town, singing at the top of their lungs.
They had posters depicting “stop poaching, stop killing, and help our animals” and many more messages. The march lasted for an hour and many people showed up with their family and friends as well as their pets.
The rising tide of elephant and rhino poaching in Africa is rapidly spreading to the sparsely-populated vastness of Namibia.
While no rhino was poached between 2005 and 2010, a total of 11 have been killed since; rising from one rhino killed in 2011 to four already this year. Currently two rhinos a day and an elephant every 15 minutes are lost in Africa.
The march in Swakopmund took place simultaneously with marches in over 40 countries and 121 cities in the world as part of the World Animal Day. The march, which was the first World Wide March aimed at stopping the extinction of these species, aimed to highlight the severe poaching crisis in southern Africa.
Residents started marching from the Sam Cohen Library, worked their way through the city centre and back to the library. It was a very exciting day, which drew people from all ages and all walks of life, who could be heard throughout the town, singing at the top of their lungs.
They had posters depicting “stop poaching, stop killing, and help our animals” and many more messages. The march lasted for an hour and many people showed up with their family and friends as well as their pets.
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