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Poisoning of 17 Eurasian Griffons by carbofuran on the Island of Rab, Croatia, in December 2004.

On 17 December 2004 on the Island of Rab, we found ten dead Eurasian Griffons Gyps fulvus (six adults, two subadults and two juveniles) and one adult bird which was alive, but in a very bad condition. The conclusion after the veterinary autopsy was that the birds had been poisoned.Toxicological tests showed that the poison was Carbofuran (carbamate).The police found a supply of Carbofuran in the house of the culprit. He had the poison illegally, as he was not a crop farmer. Milan Rukavina placed the poison on the sheep carcass because he, and other shepherds in the area, have lost many sheep due to depredations by recently introduced jackal Canis aureus and wild boar Sus scrofa. The common practice to attempt to solve the poison is to poison the predators. Hunters brought these mammalian species to the Kvarner islands and refuse to remove them. These mammals are killing sheep and the desperate shepherds are helpless.

Poisoning; mortality; conservation; Island of Rab; Croatia; Eurasian griffon Gyps fulvus; Canis aureus; Sus scrofa

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