From: Colin Jackson <colin.jackson@arocha.org>
Date: 2009-01-13 16:12
Subject: House Crow Control
Hi Neil - I tried to send this in early Dec but just noticed it
bounced. Will try again now.
Colin
HI Neil,
Yes, we've been working on an eradication programme with Tony Archer
for about 10 years on the coast. However we've hit major beaurocratic
hassles and red tape the past 3 years regarding importing the poison,
Starlicide, from the US. After 9/11 the US insists that any poison
being exported must have a letter of authorisation from the appropriate
gov office of the country of destination. Tony had been importing just
2kg with the blessing of KWS for 15 years but when he went to the Pest
Control Board, they got very upset that he hadn't got clearance with
them and basically threw every dot and dash of the book at the project
which we are still trying to untangle ourselves from.
As a result crow numbers have hugely increased (we'd got down to 5-6
birds in Watamu as a regular count and 20-30 in Malindi. Malindi
numbers are well over 1,000 now...). I'll attach a copy of a report for
your interest. We're still monitoring numbers despite not being able to
do anything about poisoning them.
Colin
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