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This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Murcia organizará una jornada sobre uso ilegal de cebos envenenados en el medio natural

Murcia will organize a workshop on illegal use of bait poisoned in the natural environment

31/03/2011

on March 31, 2011

The director-general of Natural Heritage and biodiversity, Pablo Fernández open this week in Murcia, in the vicinity of the Cemacam Torreguil a Special Conference on the illegal use of bait poisoned in the natural environment. Fernandez stressed that indiscriminate use of these baits is "one of the main threats that faces the recovery of species in danger of extinction", and added that "even the consideration of this practice as a criminal offence in the Penal Code has stamp it out".

In the past five years have appeared dead by poisoning in Spain 30 Imperial Eagles, 92 black vultures, 198 real kites and 43 Egyptian vultures. According to Fernandez, Murcia have seen a downward turn in the case of poisoning during this period. However, he said, "the regional administration remains committed to not lower our guard against this environmental scourge".

The goal of the day will be the offer a current and comprehensive view of the situation of the illegal use of poison at national and regional levels, to define strategies for fight used and raise awareness of this problem to ranchers, farmershunters, guards of farms and agents of authority, among others, as well as warning of the environmental health hazard entailed by the use of these substances.

On the day they will participate as speakers members of the SEO/BirdLife, which develops the 'Life + poison' project, in collaboration with the Ministry of agriculture and water of the community, technical experts in the fight against the venom of the communities of Andalusia and Murcia, specialists in Toxicology from the University of Murcia and representatives of the Prosecutor's Office of environment and urban development in the region.

The papers focus on the situation of the poison in Spain and the region, the integration of the sectors involved in the fight against the same, the role of the Prosecutor's Office in this fight, the legalese in cases of poisoningmost commonly used substances and toxicological analytic report as expert evidence.

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