The Mara Conservancy has alerted authorities after finding five hippos dead and observing paralysis in four lions which fed on one of the hippo carcasses. Toxicology reports on one of the hippo carcasses and a lion both tested positive for carbofuran, an extremely toxic agricultural pesticide. Further investigations have revealed that traces of carbofuran were found in areas where the hippos were known to graze.
Read more;http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/2008/04/28/leakey-calls-for-ban-on-carbofuran-in-kenya/
Monday, 28 April 2008
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