Category: Uncategorized | Date: Oct 03 2008 | By: Martin Odino

Hi,

Just how extensive is the damage caused by the China melanine-laced milk poisoning?In a recent development, Filipino olympians seemingly have to take tests according to the Phillipine delegation.Probably all olympians should be tested regardless of whether they directly drank the milk or not, including our Kenyan athletes dominated by a tribe renowned for its great passion for milk and milk products. Surely, the intoxication could also have occured as a result of eating sweets, candy or any other foodstuff that was prepared from the contaminated milk.

Panic stricken chines parents with their babies in hospitals

How about the animals particularly the China zoos? It has been reported that two young orangoutans, two adult gorillas and a lion cub have been diagnosed with kidney stones.The pandas are untouched until now because according to an official at the world’s most famous panda reserve, the Wolong Nature Reserve, the baby pandas there are not fed on milk made from formula. This is a relief especially after I had written that there had been no poisoning news on pandas! But who knows what is yet to come up and be revealed especially because milk is used to boost nutrition in the animals in the zoos. That is why the affected include 2 adult gorillas, way grown beyond the suckling age!

Testing a lion cub for kidney stones due to milk posioning .

Tags: China, gorilla, Intoxication, melanine, milk, Orangoutan, panda, poisoning, Wolong Nature Reserve, zoos

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Category: carbofuran | Date: Oct 01 2008 | By: Martin Odino

Melamine-contaminated milk poisoning in China as we now know did not begin with the epidemic of kidney stones in human kids that reached us just a couple of weeks ago. Gorilla babies, orangoutans and a lion cub have followed suit. Many more animals that rely on the mammary gland effusion must have fallen victim as well. I have not heard of the baby Pandas which should be also in China’s zoos, thanks God! Hopefully this is not being kept from the world. Such a trend assumed by the melamine poisoning only evokes fear and abomination!

The real reason that the poisoning reality was suppressed as is highlighted is that so that the privilege of hosting the Olympic Games would not be taken away. China seems to have been wrestling to conceal a violent turbulence of intoxicants for a while. This year’s Olympic games host managed to ‘contain’ the problem of atmospheric pollution that had also threatened its being the games’ host and now the melamine catastrophe that was apparently successfully contained in the secretive bag but which has raptured open letting loose the reality as scores of Kidney Stones diseased humans and wildlife alike. What is worse is that much of the entire world may have already had a taste of the harmful intoxicants.

The temptation to conceal an evil because it will ruin an imminent fortune is high but in most cases turns out more harmful than useful. China has seen a ban on many of its exports by many of its largest importers of its products and even the fortune acquired during the Olympics may cancel out with the loses on imports and the health investment towards the threatened human and wildlife residents.

Statements against our revelations on Furadan wildlife poisoning such as, “when you proclaim before the whole world that Kenya’s wildlife in parks is threatened by Furadan is putting the tourism industry at risk and portraying a bad image of our country” are very common amongst the guys that should be in the fore front in addressing the problem of Furadan poisoning to our wildlife. For some reason, they would rather have the wildlife fetch revenue, despite the ongoing depopulation of the animals in the background. At WildlifeDirect, through the Stop Wildlife Poisoning Task Force, we are trying to take measures that will stop the country from the possible disgrace of losing our wildlife particularly carnivores and birds, and even humans to Furadan. We are washing our torn, dirty linen while asking for its washing and mending rather than to have the world laugh at us. We are still asking for your support. This month and next month are particularly crucial in the sense that they are likely to be characterised by marked poisoning incidences especially in rice-growing areas, being the start of the planting season. Our financial resources are still low yet we want to begin awareness as a vital bird/wildlife poisoning pace reducing tool during our surveys as we seek a long-term solution to Furadan poisoning. In an earlier post, I put up our 1 year, $20000 budget. I believe through your support we can curb this imminent carnivore/scavenger loss that could lead to banning by our greatest importers of our commodity (tourism) in their market. Yet in this case, the wildlife loss may be irreversible!

Thank you very much those of you who have been supporting this Stop Wildlife Poisoning Campaign. Please keep reading our blog for the latest poisoning news.

Tags: China, furadan, gorilla, intoxicant, Lion, melamine, Orangoutan, poison, pollution, Stop Wildlife Poisoning Campaign, Stop Wildlife Poisoning Task Force, Wildlife Direct

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Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 29 2008 | By: Martin Odino

More and more effects of the China milk poisoning are becoming apparent as more zoo animals get diagnosed with kidney stones. this ordeal seems set to last since it has apparently been a concealed agenda for a while.

Two orangutans (must be what were referred to as Gorrilas), aged one and three, and a lion cub are now reported to be showing signs of kidney stones after being fed the milk powder for more than a year!

The Mail Online edition reports the details in the story Now animals fall victim to China toxic milk scandal as officials admit cover-up during Olympics.

Tags: China, Lion, Mail Online, milk poisoning, Orangoutan

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