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Malicious poisonin of wildlife have taken on epidemic proportions in Southern Africa
Between 176 000 and 470 000 gamebirds are deliberately poisoned
 >> Deliberate poisoning: the biggest threat to gamebirds This article focuses on the deliberate poisoning of gamebirds and not incidental mortality through misuse of pesticides. Poisoning is a known threat to gamebirds, especially wintering flocks of Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in South Africa, and occurred on 14% of farms surveyed in the late 1990s by the National Gamebird Federation survey (Wolff, Bothma & Viljoen 2002). 
  The most recent incident, in which the deadly poison endosulfan poisoned a gundog before his master's eyes; and tons of black market aldicarb is confiscated by police. |
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