Comments on: Poison Takes Toll On Africa's Lions

Kenyan Cattle Herders Are Using The American Pesticide Furadan To Kill The Predators


by kc201 June 17, 2009 11:41 PM EDT: www.lionconservationfund.org.
They are doing wonderful work and have been very successful,working with to save lions and work with local people. A great org!; Reply to this comment


by cmj307 June 17, 2009 11:11 PM EDT: fascinating---inspired a closer look --- these guys are typical white Kenyan cowboys living on wealthy colonialst ranches, stocked up with cattle and Furadan, but no mention of that! Good enuf for witey but not for the locals...typical double standards. Shame on 60 Minutes for not doing their homework. This science fluff in the popular press is to stoke funds and stroke egos, but little actual science. past articles almost all have racist undertones, usually against maasai. disgusting; Reply to this comment


by tecumseh2009 May 9, 2009 1:45 PM EDT: I watched your episode on the killing of the lions by using Furadan in Kenya on march 3, 2009. I understand the people depend on their cattle for survival but if the animals are so important then why do they let them "out of their sight" to stray? it seems the people are irresponsible. of course, the lions for the sake of survival are going to kill unsupervised cattle. how can we band the use of furadan internationally? also, in some countries they use dogs to keep sheep from straying. have they tried this method? thank-you for televising this story.; Reply to this comment


by pennylight April 25, 2009 8:04 AM EDT: Kenya could learn from it's neighbors in Botswana
Check out the lions of Moremi
www.moremi.earth-touch.com; Reply to this comment


by Keepers_of_the_Wild April 15, 2009 1:14 PM EDT: I believe the Kenyan government is at fault for not protect these magnificent creatures and their natural heritage. It is time to start boycotting their tourist industry and hit them in the pocket, maybe then they?ll get it.; Reply to this comment


by ericafelid April 8, 2009 11:34 AM EDT: I comemnd CBS and 60 Minutes for making the effort to bring the Lion/herder poisoning issue to light. Many people do not realize the critical issues facing many species that are imperiled. We need more regular documentaries and news pieces to focus attention on these issues as many species, millions of years in the making are at risk of extinction at man's hands just in the past 100 years. We should be appaled and moved to more intense action to save them. Human-wildlife confilct, habitiat destuction and fragmention, poaching: these are all ways in which our precious wildlife treasures are at risk. We have a mandate to save them.

We need more regular updates on the status of different species around the world.; Reply to this comment


by Eagle2009 April 7, 2009 12:16 PM EDT: Many Bald Eagles and other raptors have suffered mass poisonings with cheap American chemical called Furadan, now African Lions are suffering the same fate! Several years ago Furadan was responsible for the mass kills of bald eagles in Wisconsin and other states when it was illegally used to poison predators such as coyotes.

Furadan is a very regulated pesticide toxin, but even in the US it is bought by many to kill predators.; Reply to this comment


by crtweb April 6, 2009 10:37 AM EDT: Trying to get this company to stop selling Furadan in Africa would be futile... if they are committed to stop the use of Furadan from killing lions, but still want to sell Furadan in Africa for its intended use, why infuse an intense odor in Furadan in the manufacturing process that is repugnant to carnivores? There has to be an alternative!; Reply to this comment


by KariMari April 5, 2009 11:19 PM EDT: I appreciate FMC's efforts to remove Furadan from Kenya and other neighboring countries for use in poisoning lions and other animals. I can only imagine the impact this poison would have on the African echo system if this product remained available for use. Why don't they consider removing Furadan permanently from any market in the world. It's disgusting not to mention scary to think how easily this product can be misused to harm other living creatures...including humans.; Reply to this comment


by hat1999hat April 5, 2009 9:47 PM EDT: It's really because of narcissistic people in places of power, with lots of money that have been allowing inequities in every country including the US.

People with self-centered arrogant agendas, usually greed at the top that do these kinds of things are sick, irresponsible to other humans and to God's nature, put here for use, but not abuse; we are to be "stewards" of creation, This evil must stop.

Harold A. Treinen, CMA; Reply to this comment