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Death by Duck
POISONING, WILD DUCKS - COLOMBIA
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> Nearly 5000 wild ducks were killed, poisoned by north west
> Colombia farmers
> who were willing to sell them for human use, reported environmental
> authorities last Saturday.
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> Birds migrating from Canada died last Friday in a rural area in
> San Benito
> Abad Municipality, Sucre Department, 450 kilometers north of
> Bogota, after
> ingesting poison placed in water and food. In this region, which
> is located
> near the Caribbean sea, duck meat is as valuable as fish, so it
> is legal to
> hunt ducks, but using other methods.
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> "The authorities captured 2 unscrupulous persons who yesterday put rat
> poison in one body of water in our region in order to catch migrating
> birds, specifically ducks" said to journalist Mr Ignacio
> Hernandez, head of
> Corpomojana environmental corporation.
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> Some of the ducks were incinerated, and meanwhile police authorities are
> inspecting local markets in order to prevent commercialization of these
> animals. Mr Hernandez pointed out that even though there were cases of
> migrating bird poisoning in the past, this is the first time so many
> animals have been killed.
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