a project run by A Rocha Kenya – a Christian conservation organisation. The previous day, his team had prepared and deployed a lethal feast of meat laced with poison designed to kill the birds.

Wreee!” echo from dawn to dusk. To locals, these birds are a constant nuisance—unwelcome intruders that they grudgingly endure. Since their arrival in Kenya nearly 80 years ago, Indian house ...

Rose Nekesa's rice field in western Kenya has been invaded by huge swarms of the voracious red-billed quelea bird. Thousands of farmers like her near the lakeside city of Kisumu fear they will ...

Efforts to control the crows have been inconsistent over the years. A recent program using starlicide poison, proven ...