Elephants poisoned with Furadan in Tanzania
Category: carbofuran | Date: Apr 29 2009 | By: Claudia Hodkinson
It has just been reported to us from a credible source that Furadan is also used to poach elephants in Tanzania and Kenya. Apparently Furadan laced cabbages are left out for elephants to consume, once affected by the poison, the animals are tracked and killed (or they wait for them to die), their ivory removed and sold to dealers.
The person who reported this claimed that the 712 kg of ivory recently siezed on the Kenya/Tanzania border may have come from elephants killed in this way.
We are trying to verify this report and encourage anyone who may have information to write to us on info@wildlifedirect.org
Tags: , elephant, Elephant poaching, furadan, ivory, ivory trade, Kenya, Poisoning wildlife
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5 Responses to “Elephants poisoned with Furadan in Tanzania”
Baraza » Guilty: Ivory smugglers in Kenya, more than 50 elephants dead, on 29 Apr 2009
[…] killed them and how? One person claims that these elephants could be the victims of Furadan poisoning. This is one of several indicators that ivory trade is on the rise as is elephant poaching in […]
Dana-Phoenix Arizona, on 29 Apr 2009
My God! This is horrible if true. I hope the people that make it are reading these posts.
Brenton H, on 29 Apr 2009
Appalling news but I imagine Furadan is used for many insidious purposes. Brenton.
Alana, on 15 May 2009
To Dana-Phoenix Arizona 29 April 2009
You said;
“I hope the people that make it are reading these posts.”
You can be assured they are. I sent the video clip of the paralyzed lion to several scientists who have worked, or do work for FMC.
Once again, it is a case of humans not bothering to consider the whole, and that EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. The corporate heads are interested in profit and have little to no regard for intrinsic value. Mother Nature will win in the end, one way or another. Those behind the profit schemes will pay a price they cannot afford to buy their way out of with US dollars. If they don’t live to see the ills of their ways, certainly their children and grandchildren will. It is a sad saga. It doesn’t have to unfold this way.
How Elephants are poisoned using Furadan | Stop Wildlife Poisoning, on 17 Jun 2009
[…] post Elephants Poisoned With Furadan in Tanzania just makes sense with Kenyan’s providing a vivid Furadan poisoning illustration yet […]
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