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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