National Geographic

Ornithologist MartinOdino (at right) anda helper burn Africanmourning doves poi-soned by pesticide inthe Bunyala rice fields.Incinerating the dovesprevents more deathsof birds and scavengersthat would feed on thecarcasses. Vulture pop-ulations in Kenya havecrashed because ofwildlife poisonings.BELOWA Maasai herder revealsthe carbosulfan hestashes near his home.The night before, heused the poison to kill ahyena that had preyedon his goats.POISONING AFRICA 87