War on Birds
Environmental advocates warn that the Kenyan government's plans to poison as many as 6 million red-billed quelea birds, which have been ravaging crops, could also contaminate raptors, humans and other creatures.
The ongoing severe drought in the Horn of Africa has wiped out much of the voracious quelea's main diet of native grass seeds, forcing them to invade grain fields. The organophosphate pesticide fenthion, which has been the chemical of choice to kill the birds, is believed by many to be far too dangerous to use, even in the current quelea invasion.
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