The Battle for Parrot Souls in Southeast

Fidelis Pegue Manga

Two "notorious" parrot capturers, Roger Atangana and Ignace Onana were recently arrested and detained pending trial, for illegally trapping African Grey Parrots.

The duo is responsible for the capture of over 5,000 parrots each year in Lobeke National Park and its buffer zone, in the East Province.Their arrests were orchestrated by local forest and wildlife authorities in Boumba et Ngoko Division, in collaboration with the gendarmerie, facilitated by WWF.

Atangana was arrested in his house in Kika, a logging town, southeast of Lobeke after a scuffle with gendarmes and game rangers resulted in his being shot in the arm. On is part, Onana was arrested while attempting to capture parrots in Djangui, a forest clearing inside Lobeke.

The whole story here.
allAfrica.com: Cameroon: The Battle for Parrot Souls in Southeast (Page 1 of 1)

Just let me and Ruby after this duo! Shame, shame, on them!

Thanks for the link, Arty. Very disturbing but interesting information. Kudos to the World Wildlife Fund and the authorities involved. A step in the right direction, and every little step helps us get down the road.