Apologies…and Deaths all round.. whats up?

Apologies…and Deaths all round.. whats up?

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 26 2008 | By: milgistrust

Firstly I would like to apologise to any one who may have sent comments, unfortunatley I am not able to answer them while I’m using the satphone as each time I go on the internet it costs too much ..Just to keep the blogs going is resonable, but once I start trying to look up any thing else it takes too long… SO APOLOGIES..Its not because I’m not interrested…Next week I will be in a place where I can use a different system and get back to you..If you would like to get in touch sooner please go to www.milgistrustkenya.com

Last week there was a report in one specific area, west of base..Lashimi, Lesoit and Nadoto of alot of deaths..5 wild cats, 3 bat eared foxes, 4 dikdik, 1 jackal,.. and for several months reports of Lesser Kudu, and Dikdiks further down on the Milgis and towards Ngurnit.. dieing very suddenly with the only symptom being swollen and pussy eyes and diarrhoea.. Also two young elephants have been reported in Nongeek area..in the last month… KWS have been short of fuel, the lack of tourism in Kenya really bitting, so we lent [hopefully!] them 270 litres, so that they can keep on top of things…

SAD NEWS…When I’m in the bush, I don’t need a gun, I need a dog!! He tells me well in advance whats ahead!! Last night was one of those rare occasions that I slept in the bush with out a dog, on my bed… Why? because my ‘ best friend’ for the last six years [the dog in the picture] died of cancer..We ‘picked’ that dog off the street with the most horrendous wounds to his back end, they were full of maggots,[which probably saved his life!], and the KSPCA [kenya society for prevention of cruelty], said that he deserved to live, so after 3 months with the vet.. he came back to me… Since that day we have only been apart for probably ten days, and that was when I had to go to town…He has been invaluable.. warning me of many dangers… The last one being a huge spitting cobra, on my way to bed!!.. So sad as we understood each other so well.. He never let me out of his site.. SHAME….

6 Responses to “Apologies…and Deaths all round.. whats up?”

Paula, on 26 Jun 2008

Helen that’s so sad about your dog. Was it the one you brought to the office? I hope you get to the bottom of the deaths… let me know what we can do to help. It sounds like an epidemic!

Wanda, Atlanta, on 26 Jun 2008

I AM SO SORRY YOU LOST YOUR BEST FRIEND BUT THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE TO BE SAVED AND LOOKED AFTER BY YOU AND THAT ONE WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND TOO AND CARETAKER TOO!

sheryl, washington dc, on 26 Jun 2008

I’m so sorry to hear about the death of your dog. I can imagine how sad you must feel. There’s another blog here on WD about wildlife poisoning and today’s topic is the use of strychnine by pastoralists to poison carcasses and thus the carnivores. I wonder if that’s what killed all the wildlife?

filmingwild, on 26 Jun 2008

Pole sana, Helen.
Tanya xxx

Sherri S., on 26 Jun 2008

So sorry for the loss of your companion.

Martin Odino, on 27 Jun 2008

I wish you witnessed any of the animals die.spasms would likely suggest strychnine but may be strychnine poisoning would not be so easy for the wild herbivores. Seems the carnivores are small sized and there are a couple of herbivores; likely to be furadan. Both furadan and strychnine would kill within a short given we are not looking at big wildlife here. These would be my inferences from what I have read and encountered(furadan poisoning).

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