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Press Release: Conservationists Raise Alarm Over Bird Poisoning
NAIROBI, Kenya – 10 June 2009. While Kenyans have decried the unprecedented killing of more than 75 lions by pastoralists using Furadan as was recently highlighted in the local and global media,...
View ArticleVideo of Birds being poisoned in Bunyala
We have just received this video tape of birds being collected from the rice scheme in Bunyala after being poisoned allegedly with Furadan. The Kenyan government officials of the Pesticide Products...
View ArticleThe poisoning of Kenya’s lions
Dear all, After the death of a child in Kenya from ingesting Furadan, and with the US Environmental Protection Agency banning carbofuran in America, we feel that there is no justification for delaying...
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Childs death to Furadan not an isolated case
After WildlifeDirect spoke to the father of 3 year old Kimutai last week there has been a flurry of media regarding this case. National Geographic also interviewed the childs father and the...
View Article8 more lions killed – Kenya Government now discussing carbofuran poisoning
Dear friends, We have just been informed of another case of lion poisoning. Three lions, two adult females and one adolescent male were poisoned on the 25th of April in the Masai Mara. The culprit was...
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Details and photos of lions poisoned in Masai Mara
On the 25th of April investigators discovered three dead lions near Lemek in the Masai Mara ecosystem which occurred on the 22nd of April 2010. The lions lay dead in a traditional homestead where they...
View ArticlePesticide poisoning may be the greatest threat to wildlife in Kenya
According to Kenyan law, it is a serious offense to misuse or abuse pesticides in this country and the Pest Control Products Board is meant to regulate the safe use of pesticides for food production....
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Paula Kahumbu wins 2011 National Geographic Society/Buffett Award for...
WildlifeDirect Executive Director Dr. Paula Kahumbu has for the second time this year won a National Geographic award after being declared the winner of the prestigious National Geographic...
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HANDS OFF OUR ELEPHANTS CAMPAIGN
Paula Kahumbu – WildlifeDirect’s CEO talks about the new campaign against poaching Why are you so outspoken about conservation and the poaching situation? I am one of 9 kids and we were raised on a...
View ArticleDr. Paula Kahumbu speaks to KTN on Elephant Crisis
Dr. Paula Kahumbu was interviewed by local television station on the new Hands Off Our Elephants, the Illegal Ivory trade and the implications of all this to Kenya’s Elephants Watch her here:...
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China MUST act, but AFRICA take the lead to stop ivory trade
China must act, but Africa take the lead to stop ivory trade By Paula Kahumbu with Andrew Hallyday Workers destroy confiscated ivory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, China, Monday, Jan. 6,...
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Strategies for success in the ivory war
Kenyans take to the streets in support of elephants and rhinos. Global March for Elephants and Rhinos, Nairobi, October 3rd, 2015. Photograph: WildlifeDirect Since 2013, according to the latest...
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VIDEO: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT IVORY TRADE BY KIRSTEN HORNE NOVEMBER 26 2015 Africa is in the midst of a poaching crisis. This we know. Tens of thousands of elephants are being killed for their...
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The Marsh Pride: end of an era
Jonathan Scott: The poisoning of members of the Marsh Pride, the world’s best known lions, highlights the need for a lasting solution to human–wildlife conflict in Africa Lioness Bibi in her prime in...
View Article#NTVWild panel discussion: Understanding the wild in Kenya with Jonathan Scott
It was a pleasure to listen and watch Jonathan Scott LIVE in studio. Many have watched him on Big Cat Diaries but few have ever met him. Along with Dr. Paula Kahumbu, WildlifeDirect CEO and Paula...
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REVIEW MEETING OF THE WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ACT PROPOSED...
The objective of this two day meeting was to analyze the proposed Regulations and suggest any necessary amendments to the team of consultants, who drafted these Regulations. Initially the expected...
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