Kenyan conservationists are making gains in their push to have Furadan, a carbofuran-based pesticide that has so far caused the death of 76 lions, banned in the country. The Member of Parliament (MP) ...

Furadan 3G is a broad-spectrum insecticide used to protect crops from various types of insects. It is a product of FMC Corporation and has been widely used in the agriculture and horticulture ...

This story was first published on March 29, 2009. It was updated on July 25, 2009. We all grew up learning that the lion is the king of the jungle. And now that we're not little any more, we know just ...

A month after carcasses of as many as 25 Himalayan griffon vultures were found near the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Lakhimpur Kheri, the scientists at Bareilly's Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. After highly-publicized poisonings of lions in Kenya’s national parks, the Kenyan Parliament has begun addressing longstanding concerns regarding ...

Five lions and a hyena have died after eating bait laced with poison in southern Kenya, wildlife advocates say. Found on a community-owned ranch near a major national park, a bloody bucket streaked ...

On Wednesday, 15 April 2009, two representatives FMC, the Philadelphia-based manufacturer of the controversial pesticide that is at the centre of lion poisoning in Kenya, Furadan, met with ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 19, 2009) A three-year old child in Kenya died after eating the highly toxic pesticide carbofuran, according to a report attributed to the boy’s father, Nahashon Kigai. He ...

It’s a common image of the African savanna: vultures flocking to a carcass on the great plains. However, a new study has found that vulture populations are plummeting in Kenya’s Masai Mara National ...