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Home arrow Birds and Birding news.. arrow Save the Flamingo Campaign
Save the Flamingo Campaign PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mark Anderson   
Friday, 27 June 2008

Dear bird-watchers, ornithologists, conservationists and other friends
of flamingos,

Your assistance is urgently required.

Kamfers Dam

Kamfers Dam, which is located just north of Kimberley, South Africa,
is under threat from deteriorating water quality due to a badly
managed sewerage works.

This wetland is home to:
- The largest permanent population of Lesser Flamingos in southern Africa.
- The only Lesser Flamingo breeding site in South Africa.
- One of only four Lesser Flamingo breeding sites in Africa, and six
in the world.
- A host of other endemic and threatened waterbirds.

Kamfers Dam is also a South African Natural Heritage Site and an
Important Bird Area.

Despite years of negotiating with the Kimberley's municipality (the
Sol Plaatje Municipality) to improve the quality of water flowing into
Kamfers Dam, the water quality is deteriorating and there are
consequently severe health implications for Kamfers Dam's flamingos
and the people living in neighbouring suburbs. We have now decided to
step up our campaign and we therefore urgently need your assistance in
terms of (a) signing our petition and/or (b) donating funds towards
this important campaign.

PLEASE visit our website (www.savetheflamingo.co.za) and contribute
towards the conservation of Kamfers Dam and this important population
of globally "near-threatened" Lesser Flamingos.

PLEASE forward this message to your friends, colleagues and family,
and also post the message on your local e-mail discussion groups.

For those living in southern Africa, there will be a documentary about
Kamfers Dam on M-Net's Carte Blanche at 19h00 on Sunday 29 June 2008.

We are very grateful for your kind assistance.

Yours sincerely
Save the Flamingo Campaign

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at Monday, 30 June 2008 11:29by Laine
saw the Save the Flamingo on Carte Blanche last night.. what an awesome story that of course has to be tarnished thanks to man and development!! 
 
is there nowhere else in the area that they can zone Northgate??
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