CONTROLING OF THE QUELEA BIRD SPECIES

Why do we do this?

This is mostly about food security to make sure that the birds doesn’t take over the farmers crops, our populations is growing faster than our production. It’s a conservation issue

How the planning goes

· Interested and effected parties

· Briefing Stefan - department of agri-culture professional and efficient

· Identify and chase away all non targeted species

· Put out the torches to have an indication of where the specified area is that the plane will be targeting

· No labour from Sondela’s side they provide the labour this is just for experience

· Evacuate the area the winds might change and everyone will be affected

· The following morning everyone will start at 5 o’clock to start with the cleaning process and find the non targeting species to take them to the rehab centre if they had been poisoned

· Log all identified non target species they will receive treatment

· Debriefing and reporting will follow after the cleaning process and will be added to each student’s blog

· Feelings and emotions are very important in a blog and what you will do different in the future

· The flairs will be put up at 6 and the spraying will commence at 8 o’clock

· Be on site just before the spraying starts

· Students will not be dealing will the birds after the spraying due to the health violation and that no safety gloves will be given to them

· The poison is called falcolan the instructions are printed on the bottle it’s made only for Aquelea’s and it may only be used by the department of agri culture

· They use 10 litre per hectare they use special nozzles that turns into a vapour that the birds inhale its takes a while before it kicks in the animals and insects on the ground may not be effected as much accept when they may eat some of the birds that were all ready infected

· The planning around this operation is very important we have to do this on a specific time when that babies are out of the nest but cannot yet fly because the parents will them keep coming back to get their offspring

· Sondela – it has been done here 8 years ago

· Non target species that may be affected- ox pecker (renoster voël)

Bull frogs

Owls

· MAKE SURE ALL THE NECCISARY PRECAUTIONS ARE MADE

· Company’s side – medic (first aid)

Indemnity form

Debriefing

Fire trucks

Indication of power lines for the plane

· Departments – agri-culture

Nature conservation

Poison control

· Follow up if the necessary risks have been made clear and if no one has been seriously contaminated the following morning

· The cleaning process will begin and all non targeted animals will be taken to our wildlife centre