tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post2014193069121929306..comments2023-08-25T08:39:14.082-06:00Comments on Wildlife Vet, Author, Storyteller: Furadan, birds, Kenya, lionsJerry Haighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14276901551047524363noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-25317430548571006782009-03-30T05:44:00.000-06:002009-03-30T05:44:00.000-06:00Sam,You are right - the stuff needs to come off th...Sam,<BR/>You are right - the stuff needs to come off the market entirely. However, the manufacturers have, from time to time, claimed that Furadan was not to blame for some of the deaths, and then there is the quote in the TV program about its importance for agriculture in Kenya. I will be posting a new item about Furadan in the next day or so that shows both sides of the problem - in this case another on crop-raiding birds .<BR/>One thing that was left out of the TV piece was the initiative by the Lion Conservation folks to get a whole piece made that is narrated in the Maa language (language of the Maasai people) about lions and lion conservation. In one of their regular newsletters they describe how this has been shown in many communities and has been deemed a success.<BR/>However, you are right. The stuff has been banned in Europe, why not elsewhere?Jerry Haighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276901551047524363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-37688361031348733282009-03-30T00:36:00.000-06:002009-03-30T00:36:00.000-06:00From what was said at the end of the 60 minutes pi...From what was said at the end of the 60 minutes piece, Lion Conservation group is reaching only a very small segment of the herders. While we need to support this worthy cause, I think a big media campaign to force FMC to stop manufacturing Furadan is a must.<BR/>-SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-53649810268236478512009-03-29T21:20:00.000-06:002009-03-29T21:20:00.000-06:00Thanks for your comment & interest. Out furth...Thanks for your comment & interest. Out further west here in Saskatchewan we have just watched the same show on 60 minutes.<BR/><BR/>You are right, the herdsmen of Africa value their cattle very highly, and of course they are no different than a cattleman here in N. America. If a bear, wolf or cougar started to take out cattle the owner would be incensed. Witness the reaction of Wyoming ranchers after the wolves came from Canada a few years back.<BR/><BR/>As Laurence Frank said at the top of the show it is not just Kenya's lions that are in trouble. The opening paragraph of my book "The Trouble With Lions" read as follows:- In 2005 veterinary students traveling with me in Uganda were horrified to learn that villagers in Queen Elizabeth National Park had poisoned two lions that they claimed had killed a cow. What the students learned first-hand was that the killing was merely that latest skirmish in one of the longest running wars on the planet." It is not just Kenya & Uganda. Anywhere in Africa where lions and other predators are a threat to livestock Furadan is a simple solution.<BR/><BR/>If you want to contribute towards compensation program for the Kenya situation, you can go directly to the web site of the Lion Conservation group at http://www.lionconservation.org/Jerry Haighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276901551047524363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-70139942405534336602009-03-29T20:46:00.000-06:002009-03-29T20:46:00.000-06:00When I watched this on 60 minutes the only thing t...When I watched this on 60 minutes the only thing that came to mind is "Stupid BLANKS". I'm sure you can guess what BLANKS are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-88143274884853883152009-03-29T20:42:00.000-06:002009-03-29T20:42:00.000-06:00That's weird 60 Minutes has been on CBS for decade...That's weird 60 Minutes has been on CBS for decades, I wonder how it got on ABC?<BR/>So now we are supposed to bribe people not to kill wildlife? What kind of sick world is this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-4889867599783582962009-03-29T20:02:00.000-06:002009-03-29T20:02:00.000-06:00I watched the 60 Minutes story as well and have to...I watched the 60 Minutes story as well and have to ask 'Who is the parent company of this drug, FMC - and how does one help to put pressure on this corporation to address and stop this madness?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436878270535434755.post-81880825487549236602009-03-29T18:44:00.000-06:002009-03-29T18:44:00.000-06:00I just saw an ABC 60 Minutes report on Feradan poi...I just saw an ABC 60 Minutes report on Feradan poisoning of lions in Kenya. Clearly if the Kenyan cattle herdsman who lose cattle to lions were reimbursed with money, they have less incentive to poison lions and other predators.<BR/><BR/>How can someone in the States or Europe offer this kind of reimbursement?<BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com