Grand Gedeh, Aug. 22 -- The Grand Gedeh City Magisterial Court has sentenced one Stephen Barlee to prison for three months for economic sabotage and illegal possession of a chimpanzee thereby contravening the Wildlife Conservation and Protected Area Management Law of Liberia. The arrest and subsequent prosecution of Stephen Barlee comes in the wake of the unwavering move by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and other conservation partners to ensure that the law that protects wildlife against willful abuse by poachers remains decisive and categorical in all respects.
On Monday, August 12, 2019, vigilant rangers of the Forestry Development Authority arrested Stephen Barlee with a baby chimp around the Grebo Krahn National Park while a...