Regulation of carbofuran and its use to poison wildlife in the European Union and the rest of Europe - Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches - page 143

Table 5.3 Number of wildlife carcasses in which carbofuran has been detected in the Netherlands
(1986 to 2010)

Number of poisoned wildlife
submitted for analysis

Number of carbofuran
casualties

Number of animals baited
with carbofuran Year

1986 173 0 1

1987 215 0 0

1988 149 0 0

1989 219 0 0

1990 101 0 0

1991 224 0 0

1992 197 0 0

1993 221 0 0

1994 156 6 4

1995 222 25 6

1996 332 1 2

1997 377 5 3

1998 288 21 6

1999 231 3 4

2000 154 1 1

2001 108 4 0

2002 183 21 10

2003 249 4 0

2004 139 9 7

2005 104 16 8

2006 217 21 8

2007 105 8 2

2008 97 4 2

2009 67 4 1

2010 88 1 5

Source: P. van Tulden, Centraal Veterinair Instituut (i.e., Central Veterinary Institute), The Netherlands, 2011

5.4 Initiatives underway to protect wildlife from carbofuran
poisoning in Austria
Christian Pichler, 1 Hermann Ammer 2
1 WWF Austria, Ottakringerstraße 114-116, 1160 Vienna
2 Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, Department of Veterinary
Sciences (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Koeniginstr. 16, 80539
Munich, Germany

5.4.1 Introduction

During the 1990s, the number of illegal poisoning incidents in Austria increased rapidly. Dogs
and cats, more likely to be reported than many other species, followed by common buzzards,
foxes, stone martens ( Martes foina ), marsh harriers, white-tailed eagles and Imperial eagles ( Aquila