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Poisoned pigeon in Bunyala caught on video

Category: carbofuran | Date: May 26 2009 | By: Martin Odino

(Dear readers, I apologize the Furadan Poisoned Pigeon video was disabled from You Tube for some reason and is unavailable on this post at the moment. We are however doing everything possible to re-embed it . please leep reading the other posts in the meantime).

The Mara Lion poisoning post with the poisoned lion video was about the first write up on our blog. Watching the wobbling lion struggling to be on its feet in this first post in every respect is now retraced by the Speckled pigeon struggling to be on its feet, yet again on its wings in this video.

The pigeon put up a spirited fight against intoxication from Furadan: difficulty in breathing hence panting, strings of mucous from its beak and operculum (nostrils) and stiffened wing and leg joints. It’s all in the following video clip.

The pigeon died. Thanks to Furadan.

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6 Responses to “Poisoned pigeon in Bunyala caught on video”

sheryl, washington, dc, on 27 May 2009

I just wrote a blog post about supporting the ban on Furadan in Kenya: http://bit.ly/bSXcx Sorry it’s so late, but with Mina and her cancer treatments I haven’t been able to focus but she’s getting better so I’m back. :)

s.

Martin Odino, on 27 May 2009

Thank you Sheryl. Will always say a prayer for Mina. Thank you for fighting with us. Your communication out there pushes us several steps closer to the right thing that needs to be done. Banning the poison!

Joy, on 28 May 2009

This is so sad!!!! Its just sick to do this to other creatures!!!

sheryl, washington, dc, on 28 May 2009

Aw, you are too kind. Thanks so much.

s.

Furadan: Harsh Punishment for Oregon Farmers and Lessons for Kenya « Theatre of Inconveniences, on 28 May 2009

[…] withdrawal of Furadan, and instructed the local dealer Juanco to buy back all stock in the market, birds are still being killed in Bunyala, and lions in the Mara. The case in the Masai Mara has all the tale-tale signs of Furadan poisoning […]

paula, on 04 Jun 2009

It’s likely that the video was reported by someone who did not want the world to see the suffering pigeon. I think we can guess who would want this nnot to be seen in the public domain. But it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.Keep up the good work Martin.

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