Jul 02 2008
Richard Leakey writes an appeal for carbofuran ban to the ministry of wildlife
This comes in the wake of the outrageous poisoning of wildlife in Kenya by the deadly toxic carbofuran pesticide. Richard Leakey, the chairman of Wildlife Direct has sent a letter appealing for the ban of furadan supply and use in Kenya to the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife in Kenya. Other ministries as well as a number of other stakeholders. concerned and/or directly or indirectly affected by the chemical’s poisoning have also been sent for the apppeal documents. You may also petition for this action through your comments here at our blog.
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Please add my name! This poisoning must stop..it is cruel to the wildlife! I hope your actions will help and be noticed that something must be done!
Thank you Mr. Leakey! Let us hope and pray the Kenyan authorities will see the urgency of this and act on it right away.
Thank you Dr. Leakey. There must be and end to the use of deadly toxic carbofuran pesticide.
[…] of the Stop Wildlife Poisoning Task Force at Wildlife Direct, Nairobi, Kenya . We still hope Richard Leakey’s call for ban of carbofuran will yield a reasonable response from the government. Meanwhile we are trying to make headways with […]