I read some time ago about a guy in Tanzania who does just that – sells (and exports) Quelea as a specialized food.

 

Best wishes

Heather

 

From: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fleur Ng'weno fleur@africaonline.co.ke [kenyabirdsnet]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12:07 PM
To: Paul Matiku; Kariuki Ndang'ang'a; kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Francis Gakuya

Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re: mwea avian pest control

 

 

Yes!

Since we are being encouraged to eat insects for food security (I’m all for it), we should also look to eating quelea – nice grain-fed birds.

But many people think it is a “slippery slope” to encourage the eating of any birds. So this has not moved forward.

Best wishes, Fleur


On 10/17/17 3:00 PM, "Paul Matiku" <matiku@naturekenya.org> wrote:

Fleur,
We have never had a solution to offer to those who control bird pests particularly quelea. The best way out would be if we could find a way of getting queleas to be exploited commercially.   
 

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From: Fleur Ng'weno [mailto:fleur@africaonline.co.ke]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:26 PM
To: Kariuki Ndang'ang'a; kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Paul Matiku; Francis Gakuya
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re: mwea avian pest control

Looks like the birds were sprayed over the weekend (see clipping attached)

On 10/16/17 6:49 AM, "Kariuki Ndang'ang'a ndanganga@yahoo.com [kenyabirdsnet]" <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

For your information, page 46 of this document in the following link talks a bit about minimising risks from quelea poisoining:
http://migratorysoaringbirds.undp.birdlife.org/sites/default/files/msb_project_agro-chemical_guidance_.pdf