Stories in the news this morning state that the existence of the Lesser Flamingo is to come under threat from Industry on the shores of Lake Natron in Tanzania; upto 75% of Lesser Flamingo come to breed on the shores of Lake Natron and the birds will come under threat from a soda ash plant that industrialists plan to build there.

The RSPB have called the plans “Bonkers” and i have to agree with them, and the Tanzanian government must be “Bonkers” also to agree to go-ahead for the salt plant to be built.  Now i don’t know much about Tanzania but i do know that the coming together of the Lesser Flamingo during the summer to breed on Lake Natron is an amazing spectacle, and if the Tanzanian government want to preserve this spectacle and their most famous wildlife then they need to put the breaks firmly on industrialists that could potentially harm the existence of the Flamingo.

At a time where the environment is heading towards a critical stage of survival, it is up to to governments of the world to lead by example and stop corporations destroying and churning up to countryside for the sake of money.  I hope the Tanzanian government puts a stop to this and realises the importance of its ecology and the existence of its Lesser Flamingo, anyway salt is bad for you and we don’t need more of it!

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