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A substance which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed, or when applied to, injected into, or developed within the body, in relatively small amounts, may cause injury, harm, or destruction to organs, tissue, or life. (Source: CONFER)

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Kolberg H 2017. Status assessment of Namibia's vultures. Lanioturdus 50 (1) 9-17

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Status assessment of Namibias vultures.pdf	1.52 MB

1973. "Dieldrin" is fatal to all living things. Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 8 (11/12) 2

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Dieldrin fatal to all living things_1973.pdf	182.52 KB

Naidoo V, Wolter K, Espie I, Kotze A 2012. Lead toxicity: consequences and interventions in an intensively managed (Gyps coprotheres) vulture colony. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43 (3) 573-578

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Lead toxicity_consequences and interventions in an intensively managed_Gyps coprotheres_vulture colony.pdf	245.52 KB

Naidoo V, Wolter K, Botha CJ 2017. Lead ingestion as a potential contributing factor to the decline in vulture populations in southern Africa. Environmental Research 152 150-156

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Lead ingestion as a potential contributing factor to the decline in vulture populations in southern Africa.pdf	640.63 KB

2015. Proceedings of the Vulture Seminar: Looking Toward the Future. Proceedings of the Vulture Seminar 2015 - "Looking Towards the Future"

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Proceedings of the Vulture Seminar 2014.pdf	402.11 KB

Weise FJ, Van Vuuren RJ, Echemet KE, Cleverley MP, Van Vuuren M 2013. Successful snakebite treatment in three juvenile African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) with polyvalent antivenom: A Namibian case report. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 84 (1)

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Successful snakebite treatment in three juvenile African wild dogs.pdf	3.02 MB

Website link:http://www.jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/982/1072

Komen L 2005. Raptor awareness and poison-use, a perspective from NARREC. Lanioturdus 38 (3-4) 29-35

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Raptor awareness and poison_use_a perspective from NARREC.pdf	457.36 KB

Kenny D, Reading R, Maude G, Hancock P, Garbett B 2015. Blood lead levels in White-Backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) from Botswana, Africa. Vulture News 68 25-31

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Blood lead levels in White_Backed Vultures_Botswana_2015.pdf	314.82 KB

Verdoorn G, Komen L 2002. Counterpoint from the Poison Working Group. Lanioturdus 35 (3) 7-11

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Counterpoint from the Poison Working Group.pdf	301.3 KB

Friederich G, Friederich T 2001. Pesticide and wildlife poisoning training workshop. Lanioturdus 34 (1) 6-11

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Pesticide and wildlife poisoning training workshop.pdf	266.71 KB

Phipps WL 2015. Identifying drivers of Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) space use in southern Africa.

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WLPhipps_PhD_thesis_corrected_final.pdf	8.94 MB

Gildenhuys SD, Brown CJ 1991. Field trials on poison collars for mammalian predators in Namibia: their effect on birds of prey. Gabar 6 10-12

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Field trials on poison collars for mammalian predators in Namibia_1991.pdf	172.77 KB

2009. Raptors Namibia - Working together to conserve our birds of prey!.

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Raptor_News_2009_4_July-August.pdf	537.04 KB

2009. Raptors Namibia - Working together to conserve our birds of prey!.

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Raptor_News_2009_5_Sept-Oct.pdf	730.27 KB

2010. Raptors Namibia - Working together to conserve our birds of prey!.

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Rapnam_2010_4.pdf	377.96 KB

2011. Raptors Namibia - Working together to conserve our birds of prey!.

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Raptor_News_2011_1_Jan-Mar.pdf	533.29 KB

2011. Raptors Namibia - Working together to conserve our birds of prey!.

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Raptor_News_2011_2_April_Jun.pdf	1.19 MB

Brown CJ, Komen L 2002. Poisons and birds in Namibia. Bird Numbers 11 (1) 25-27

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Poisons and birds_Namibia_CJ Brown and L Komen 2002.pdf	168.98 KB

Paxton M 2014. The Formation and Progress of POWAG – (Poisoning Of Wildlife Action Group).

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POWAG Formation and progress.docx	17 KB

Brown C, Bridgeford P, Kolberg H, Diekmann M, Middendorff G 2014. Protocol Vultures and poisoning, August 2013.

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Protocol_Vultures_Poisoning 2014.doc	889.5 KB

Elliott JE, Langelier KM, Mineau P, Wilson LK 1996. Poisoning of Bald Eagles and Red-Tailed Hawks by carbofuran and fensulfothion in the Fraser Delta of British-Columbia, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32 (3) 486 - 491

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Poisoning of Bald Eagles and Red_Tailed Hawks.pdf	756.47 KB

Allan DG 1989. Strychnine poison and the conservation of avian scavengers in the Karoo, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 19 102-105

Website link:http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/docs/pub1989.html

Simmons RE 1996. Mass poisonings of Lappetfaced Vultures in Namibia. Journal of African Raptor Biology 10 3

Ledger JA 1980. Vultures poisoned in Caprivi. 4

Website link:http://www.iucn-vulturenews.org/

Santangeli A, Arkumarev V, Rust N, Girardello M 2016. Understanding, quantifying and mapping the use of poison by commercial farmers in Namibia – Implications for scavengers' conservation and ecosystem health. Biological Conservation 204 (Part B) 205-211

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Understanding_quantifying and mapping the use of poison by commercial farmers in Namibia.pdf	995.4 KB

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716306280

Merron GS 1992. Tsetse Fly control and the environmental implications for fish in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 24 49-56

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979916

Campbell A, Lamont G 1968. Gcwi Bushmen: Some notes on hunting with poisoned arrows. Botswana Notes and Records 1 95-96

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979228

Santesson CG 1939. Pfeilgift aus Südwest-Afrika (Damaraland). Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology 4 (1) 29-34

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00141844.1959.9980553#.VIlW0mctBHg

Okoniewski JC, Novesky E 1993. Bird poisonings with cyclodienes in suburbia - links to historic use on turf. Journal of Wildlife Management 57 (3) 630 - 639

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3809293

von Koenen E 2001. Medicinal, Poisonous and Edible Plants in Namibia.

Website link:http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4667797

Sullivan S 2016. Why are pastoralists poisoning lions in west Namibia?.

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Why are pastoralists poisoning lions in west Namibia.pdf	884.06 KB

Sullivan S 1996. Towards a non-equilibrium ecology: perspectives from an arid land. Journal of Biogeography (23) 1-5

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Sullivan_towards a non_equ ecol_J_Biog_1996.pdf	688.66 KB

Sullivan S 2016. Three of Namibia's most famous lion family were poisoned – why?.

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Three of Namibias most famous lion family were poisoned_why.pdf	345.71 KB

Garbett R, Maude G, Hancock P, Kenny D, Reading R, Amar A 2018. Association between hunting and elevated blood lead levels in the critically endangered African white-backed vulture Gyps africanus. Science of The Total Environment (630) 1654-1665

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.220

Gil-Sánchez JM, Molleda S, Sánchez-Zapata JA, Bautista J, Navas I, Godinho R, García-Fernández AJ, Moleón M 2018. From sport hunting to breeding success: Patterns of lead ammunition ingestion and its effects on an endangered raptor. Science of The Total Environment (613-614) 483-491

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.069

Craig CA, Thomson RL, Girardello M, Santangeli A The drivers and extent of poison use by Namibia's communal farmers: Implications for averting the African vulture crisis. Ambio 48 913-922

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The drivers and extent of poison use by Namibias communal farmers.pdf	359.91 KB

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13280-018-1128-6

Galt NS, Meyer JJM The southern Namibian (Garub) fairy circles: The role of the phytotoxic properties of the toxic succulent, Euphorbia gummifera. South African Journal of Botany (115) 286

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.02.041

Simmons RE 1995. Mass poisoning of Lappet-faced Vultures in Namibia. Journal of African Raptor Biology (10) 3

Website link:http://globalraptors.org/grin/ResearcherResults.asp?lresID=229

Groom RJ, Edson G, Patience G, van der Westhuizen HJ 2013. A Mass Poisoning of White-Backed and Lappet-Faced Vultures in Gonarezhou National Park. (59) 5-9

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Mass Poisoning of White_Backed and Lappet_Faced Vultures in Gonarezhou National Park.pdf	4.93 MB

Chaboo CS, Hitchcock RK, Bradfield J, Wadley L 2019. Beetle and Plant Arrow Poisons of the San People of Southern Africa. In History of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Toxicology in Antiquity 11-71

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815339-0.00002-0

Wadley L, Trower G, Backwell L, d’Errico F 2015. Traditional glue, adhesive and poison used for composite weapons by Ju/’hoan San in Nyae Nyae, Namibia. Implications for the Evolution of Hunting Equipment in Prehistory. PLoS ONE (10)

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Traditional glue_adhesive and poison used for composite weapons by Juhoan San in Nyae Nyae.PDF	15.8 MB

Chaboo CS, Biesele M, Hitchcock RK, Weeks A 2016. Beetle and plant arrow poisons of the Ju|’hoan and Hai||om San peoples of Namibia (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae; Plantae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Burseraceae). Zookeys (558) 9-54

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Beetle and plant arrow poisons.pdf	6.2 MB

Kandiwa E, Mushonga B, Samkange A, Fabiano E 2018. Quantitative characterization of the hemorrhagic, necrotic, coagulation-altering properties and Edema-forming effects of Zebra snake (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) venom. Journal of Toxicology 2018 1-8

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Zebra snake venom_2018.pdf	1.66 MB

2020. Suspected poacher collapses, dies at Dete Police Station (Zimbabwe).

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ZIM_2020-06_Suspected poacher collapses_dies at Dete Police Station_Zimbabwe_Journal of African Elephants.pdf	88.85 KB

2020. Zimbabwe - fruit laced with cyanide found at Victoria Falls.

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ZIM_2020_06_Zimbabwe_Fruit laced with cyanide found at Victoria Falls_Africa Sustainable Conservation News.pdf	273 KB

Pain DJ, Dickie I, Green RE, Kanstrup N, Cromie R 2019. Wildlife, human and environmental costs of using lead ammunition: An economic review and analysis. Ambio 48 969-988

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Wildlife_human and environmental costs of using lead ammunition_An economic review and analysis.pdf	555.25 KB

2022. Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.

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Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.pdf	29.34 MB
Carnivore-Red-Data-Book-low-res.pdf	27.29 MB
Poster Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.pdf	8.33 MB