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« Reply #255 on: November 17, 2019, 06:47:53 PM »
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« Reply #256 on: November 26, 2019, 07:59:26 PM »
B.C. wildlife experts urge hunters to switch ammo to stop lead poisoning in birds

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/bc-wildlife-experts-urge-hunters-to-switch-ammo-to-stop-lead-poisoning-in-birds/Content?oid=14675766


This golden eagle is being treated for lead poisoning at the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta, B.C.. Experts say it's time to rethink the use of lead ammunition which may poison the birds as they scavenge the remains of hunted game in B.C.
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« Reply #257 on: November 29, 2019, 05:56:21 PM »
Pa. Game Commission warns of lead's danger to animals, but hunters say non-lead ammo is too expensive

https://whyy.org/articles/pa-game-commission-warns-of-leads-danger-to-animals-but-hunters-say-non-lead-ammo-is-too-expensive/


David Fricke of Quakertown, Pa.-based Millennium Manufacturing and Lehigh Defense with one of the machines used to make non-lead ammunition. Fricke says machining techniques makes it possible to avoid using lead, 'a proven hazard.' (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
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« Reply #258 on: November 29, 2019, 06:07:58 PM »
Bald eagles attack loons, but that's not why loons are struggling

https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2019/11/22/bald-eagles-attack-loons-but-thats-not-why-loons-are-struggling/

Abstract: Influence of nesting Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) on Common Loon (Gavia immer) occupancy and productivity in New Hampshire

https://www.wjoonline.org/doi/full/10.1676/18-75


An adult loon strikes back at a bald eagle predating a newly hatched loon chick on the Loon Preservation Committee?s Live Loon Cam. Photo by Loon Preservation Committee.
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« Reply #259 on: November 29, 2019, 06:47:54 PM »
Lead poisoning kills golden eagle, hunters adapting

https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/lead-poisoning-kills-golden-eagle-hunters-adapting/article_77f4267a-cee8-55e2-8c46-7212fddd2f0e.html




Lead Bullets: Hunting for Clarity in a Controversy, By Mike McTee

https://journalofmountainhunting.com/lead-bullets-hunting-for-clarity-in-a-controversy/


Leland Brown (left) from the Non-Lead Hunting Education Program watches a ballistic gel as Chris Parish (right) takes aim during
a bullet demonstration in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Photo credit: Kate Davis


Is nonlead ammo expensive?

https://www.mpgranch.com/dispatches/nonlead-ammo-expensive

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« Reply #260 on: November 29, 2019, 06:56:02 PM »
Got a game camera? Let's team up.

https://www.mpgranch.com/dispatches/got-game-camera-lets-team




Guest opinion: Shooting prairie dogs? Try nonlead ammo

https://billingsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/guest-opinion-shooting-prairie-dogs-try-nonlead-ammo/article_21cdb301-3cc9-5c69-a7f6-a7cf8d476573.html


A red-tailed hawk scavenges a ground squirrel.


Scavenging Shot Prairie Dogs And Gophers

https://www.mpgranch.com/dispatches/scavenging-shot-prairie-dogs-and-gophers




WSB: Seeking bullets lethal to small mammals, not scavengers

https://wildlife.org/wsb-seeking-bullets-lethal-to-small-mammals-not-scavengers/


A radiograph of a Columbian ground squirrel shot with a .17 HMR rifle reveals a constellation of bullet fragments. Sapphire Animal Hospital


Research Abstracts:

Free lunch, may contain lead: scavenging shot small mammals

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwmg.21716

Better bullets to shoot small mammals without poisoning scavengers

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.822
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« Reply #261 on: December 08, 2019, 07:19:25 PM »
Eagle recovers from lead poisoning, to be returned to wild

https://livingstonledger.com/eagle-recovers-from-lead-poisoning-to-be-returned-to-wild/
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« Reply #262 on: December 08, 2019, 07:21:41 PM »
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« Reply #263 on: December 08, 2019, 07:23:03 PM »
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« Reply #264 on: December 08, 2019, 08:36:44 PM »
Eagle Population Threatened by Lead Poisoning, PA Game Commission Issues Warning for Hunters

https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/41408389/eagle-population-threatened-by-lead-poisoning-pa-game-commission-issues-warning-for-hunters

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« Reply #265 on: December 12, 2019, 03:30:25 PM »
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota - How animals thrive in the city of lakes

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3835010
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« Reply #266 on: December 20, 2019, 04:47:43 PM »
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« Reply #268 on: December 26, 2019, 05:00:42 PM »
Wild Care - Promising News on Rescued Canada Goose

http://capecodtoday.com/article/2019/12/24/250741-Wild-Care-Promising-News-Rescued-Canada-Goose


This Canada Goose was rescued in Harwich on December 20th. Wild Care staff found the bird riddled with shotgun pellets. (WCCC photo)
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