Two carcasses of elephants in a state of decomposition were found at the Bouba Djida national park in the northern region.

Despite the security measures taken by the authorities of the forestry and wildlife, Cameroonian army, administrative and traditional authorities, poachers were able to bypass them and make their way to protected area.

This new carnage of elephants at the Bouba Djida national park comes just days after signs of rebels stationed in the Chad-Cameroon-CAR frontier, precisely at Larmanay border. In 2012, the border town of Larmanay in Chad had served as rear base to Chadian-Sudanese poachers.

Over 400 elephants were slaughtered in one month by Sudanese and Chadian poachers in Bouba Njida, north east of the Cameroon national park and these massacres are yet resuming.

It should be noted furthermore that poached ivory is traded for money, weapons and ammunition to armed conflicts in neighbouring countries.

An expert, Mr. Ben Janse Van Rensburg has been appointed by the CITES (an organization affiliated with the United Nations) to coordinate the response to these acts of poaching.

CITES also proposed its services to the authorities responsible for wild animals, in Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan to help in their fight against poaching.

Local people were involved in the fight against poaching who inform the local authorities of foreigners that traverse the park without permission.