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• The Continuing Saga of Disappearing Birds in Bunyala

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  Dear readers, I have had to partly keep you off from the monotony of bird poisoning in Bunyala to and in part to deal with a larger study area having extended my surveys into a section of a southerly bordering nationally unique Important Bird Area. The area has been renowned to contain 8 of the 9 papyrus and lake ...
  4 days ago

• The Negative Effects of Furadan Upon Africa’s Wild Animals!

  
  Africafreak.com - African Safaris Revealed - — Authority: 116
  Carbofuran, sold as Furadan , is a pesticide originally developed in the US to control insects on several varieties of field crops. Unfortunately, the pesticide is no ordinary product: it also happens to be an extremely powerful neurotoxin! It paralyzes anything that eats it, from the tiniest of insects to a 6 ton ...
  1 week ago

• Carbofuran is a threat in Thailand

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  Its not just in Kenya, activivists in Thiland have just reported that Carbofuran in Thailand is a major Public Health Risk In Research on 22/11/2009 at 1:33 pm To be translated and distributed at the upcoming  ...
  1 week ago

• TEDx Nairobi: Engaging Conversation on Conservation in Africa

  
  Baraza — Authority: 410
  Paula was one of the speakers in a recently held Technology conference in Nairobi. Mark Kaigwa (aka mkaigwa), one of the friends of WildlifeDirect, who was attending the conference on 8 August 2009, wrote the great entry about Paula’s presentation reproduced below. Thank you Bwana Kaigwa. Engaging Conversation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Childs death to Furadan not an isolated case

  
  Baraza — Authority: 410
  After WildlifeDirect spoke to the father of 3 year old Kimutai last week there has been a flurry of media regarding this case. National Geographic also interviewed the childs father and the manufacturers of Furadan, FMC claim to be conducting their own investigations . This is not the first time that a human being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Child Dies After Ingesting Pesticide Also Used to Kill Lions

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  According to reports , little Kimutai, a three-year-old child from Kenya, died hours after ingesting carbofuran, an odorless pesticide used to control insects on many crops including rice, beans, bananas, pineapple, coffee and vegetables.  But the highly toxic pesticide, sold under the name Furadan and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Child Dies After Ingesting Pesticide Also Used to Kill Lions

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 530
  According to reports , little Kimutai, a three-year-old child from Kenya, died hours after ingesting carbofuran, an odorless pesticide used to control insects on many crops including rice, beans, bananas, pineapple, coffee and vegetables.  But the highly toxic pesticide, sold under the name Furadan and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lion poisoning

  
  Lion Guardians — Authority: 420
  We were all shocked and saddened to read that a child recently died in Kenya from eating Furadan. We, along with Wildlife Direct and many many others have been trying to raise awareness about the poisonous affects of Furadan for a long time now. Visit the Baraza blog to watch their video about the poisoning of ...
  3 weeks ago

• The poisoning of Kenya’s lions

  
  Baraza — Authority: 410
  Dear all, After the death of a child in Kenya from ingesting Furadan, and with the US Environmental Protection Agency banning carbofuran in America, we feel that there is no justification for delaying banning it in Kenya. Watch this video and share with your friends. Please support our campaign to save lions. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Carbofuran ban is good for everyone - in USA only

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  This really good article from Tree hugger explains the benefits of the carbofuran ban in USA As of the end of the year, one more pesticide will be absent from food crops grown in the United States. In May the EPA ruled that the current residue limits of the insecticide carbofuran on food crops was too high, ...
  3 weeks ago

• 3 year old Child dies after eating Furadan in Kenya

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  Dear friends, We can confirm the tragic reports of a human death due to carbofuran poisoning. Just today we spoke on phone with the heartbroken father of a child who died of Furadan poisoning. The report of this death first appeared on Kenya’s The Standard newspaper on Friday, 30 October 2009 saying that on ...
  4 weeks ago

• FMC respond to report on lion killing with carbofuran

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  In a recent statement the FMC responded to the rebroadcasting of the CBS 60 Minutes show on the poisoning of lions. Note my comments in bold italics against their claims reproduced here In The News · We expanded our contact with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Africa to improve reporting ...
  4 weeks ago

• Carbofuran ban in USA will affect imports

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  The implications of the revocation of carbofuran tolerances which we reported previously will spread well beyond USA as it will affect all food imports. This note is from an article in WildifeExtra The Worldwide implications of carbofuran ban in USA “The revocation of all food tolerances has ...
  4 weeks ago

• Carbofuran also misused in USA

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  We have been talking mostly about the misuse of  carbofuran in Africa and we sometimes feel despondent at the hopelessness of the situation facing lions, hyenas, vultures and other animals not to mention African farmers and consumers. In Africa carbofuran is easily available over the counter,  it is very cheap and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Halloween Owls and witches in Africa

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 156
  Someone asked me if we go ‘trick or treating’ in Africa to celebrate Halloween. Apart from expatriates, we generally do not. In fact many Africans may be surprised at the idea of celebrating scary superstitions. Sadly superstitions abound in Africa and often to the detriment of wildlife. In South Africa it is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Halloween Owls and witches in Africa

  
  Baraza — Authority: 410
  Someone asked me if we go ‘trick or treating’ in Africa to celebrate Halloween. Apart from expatriates, we generally do not. In fact many Africans may be surprised at the idea of celebrating scary superstitions. Sadly superstitions abound in Africa and often to the detriment of wildlife. In South Africa it is ...
  4 weeks ago

• 10 more lions poisoned in Masai Mara

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  WildlifeDirect has been raising the alarm about cattle in Kenya’s parks for some time know - cattle grazing in the park will lead to conflict with lions and this has an inevitable outcome. CAttle will die and then lions will be killed  in retaliation.  We warned of diseases when cattle started dying in the ...
  4 weeks ago

• USA: zero tolerance for carbofuran - its not safe

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  Dear all We are pleased to share this press release today from the EPA   WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward to implement the agency’s May 2009 final rule revoking tolerances, or residue limits, for the pesticide carbofuran. EPA continues to find that dietary exposures ...
  5 weeks ago

• Cancellation process for carbofuran in USA and Canada

  
  Stop Wildlife Poisoning — Authority: 481
  Despite all the evidence raised by WildlifeDirect and partners on the impact of Carbofuran on wildlife (lions, birds, fish, insects), the Kenya Pest Control Products Board has not been supportive and indeed states that there is no evidence that the product is dangerous. Unlike Canada and USA, the Kenya Government does ...
  5 weeks ago

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