Parliament Awakens to Wildlife Poisoning Problem
Category: Africa, Poisoning wildlife, big cats, conservation | Date: Jun 03 2009 | By: Maina
In today’s national newspapers in Kenya, there were two stories about lion poisoning in the Masai Mara. One in The Standard reports the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife Services Dr Noah Wekesa saying that lions were dying in the Masai Mara and Furadan was responsible. He however referred Hon. John Mututho’s call for its ban to the Agriculture Minister and the Pesticide Control Products Board.
In the other news item appearing in the Daily Nation, the Kenya Wildlife Service, which is the custodian of Kenya’s wildlife, has accused farmers of poisoning one lion, some hyenas and 35 vultures in the Mara. The KWS said that there were traces of a pinkish substance on the carcase that was used to bait the these carnivores and scavengers.
The articles are not available online so we did the next best thing down here:
Tags: Africa, furadan, Kenya, KWS, Lions, Parliament, poisoning
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4 Responses to “Parliament Awakens to Wildlife Poisoning Problem”
Dana, on 03 Jun 2009
Comments:
First article - Unbelievable! Dr. Wekesa needs to get another job!
Second article - I hope those responsible are punished - yeah right! Maybe some day!!!
Paula, on 04 Jun 2009
I think that this is the first time that anyone has ever been arrested for mis use of pesticides for poisoning wildlife In the past its been unclear if its the job of the PCPB or KWS so neither has…..even though the law clearly gives both the mandate to do so in such circumstances.
No More Pet Chimps in Connecticut « Theatre of Inconveniences, on 04 Jun 2009
[…] would be interesting to see how parliament would treat the issue of a Furadan ban as proposed by Hon. John Mututho, the MP for Naivasha. Furadan is a carbofuran-based pesticide and […]
Global Voices Online » Kenyans Race to Get Furadan Banned, on 18 Jun 2009
[…] a total ban on this lethal poison by taking the appeal to parliament. On Tuesday, 2 June 2009, the Baraza blog reports scanned some pieces from the news, and reports that Hon. Mututho asked the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife for the ban amid overwhelming […]
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