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US bald eagle population growth drops 6% due to lead poisoning caused by birds eating deer killed by hunter's ammunition, study finds
Daily Mail ^ | January 14, 2022 | STACY LIBERATORE

Posted on 01/14/2022 2:46:39 PM PST by LibertyWoman

A new study finds bald eagle population is dropping due to them contracting lead poisoning
The birds eat organs left behind by hunters, which contain gunshot ammunition
Experts say other animals are feasting on the remains and are being poisoned

Bald eagles may have recovered from near extinction, but the birds are now at risk of another threat - lead poisoning.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baldeagle; banglist; chat; chatforum; dailywail; fakenews; leadpoisoning; nonsense; notnews; outdoors; smokybackroomforum
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To: LibertyWoman

MOST ARE KILLED BY “F”ING WIND MILLS!


61 posted on 01/14/2022 3:16:41 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: Paperpusher

The DDT claims appear to be a lie too: https://junkscience.com/100-things-you-should-know-about-ddt/#ref7


62 posted on 01/14/2022 3:16:53 PM PST by Buchal ("Two wings of the same bird of prey . . .")
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To: Cornfed21
"Strangely, no mention of wind turbines."

Good point.
63 posted on 01/14/2022 3:16:58 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: LibertyWoman

If they catch their own instead of stealing other people’s kills, they wouldn’t be having this problem.


64 posted on 01/14/2022 3:17:09 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: LibertyWoman

Democrats.


65 posted on 01/14/2022 3:18:03 PM PST by rellic
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To: LibertyWoman

BS!!!


66 posted on 01/14/2022 3:18:35 PM PST by TheGunny
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To: Rufii

Most hunters immediately gut the deer to cool it down quicker. Some also do it to get the two “tenders,” a pair of tasty little muscles inside the body cavity along both sides of the spine, kind of like filet mignon. Some hunters take the organs too, like the heart and liver.

Bald Eagles are both predator and scavenger. (They are also thieves.) They seldom turn down a free meal, but their diet is predominantly fish. While they do eat deer, it is usually roadkilled deer, which tends not to have lead in it. Fish, on the other hand, may be the real cause of ingested lead, due to the abundance of lead sinkers.


67 posted on 01/14/2022 3:18:40 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ealgeone
Methinks the writer doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

They don't. It's more likely from rats/roadkill that has been poisoned with rat pesticide.

68 posted on 01/14/2022 3:18:50 PM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: Rufii

Most hunters immediately gut the deer to cool it down quicker. Some also do it to get the two “tenders,” a pair of tasty little muscles inside the body cavity along both sides of the spine, kind of like filet mignon. Some hunters take the organs too, like the heart and liver.

Bald Eagles are both predator and scavenger. (They are also thieves.) They seldom turn down a free meal, but their diet is predominantly fish. While they do eat deer, it is usually roadkilled deer, which tends not to have lead in it. Fish, on the other hand, may be the real cause of ingested lead, due to the abundance of lead sinkers.


69 posted on 01/14/2022 3:19:04 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: LibertyWoman

This sounds like such B.S.

They just throw things up against the wall to see what sticks.


70 posted on 01/14/2022 3:19:10 PM PST by Allegra
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To: LibertyWoman

Did they discover that before or after the study?


71 posted on 01/14/2022 3:19:12 PM PST by bray (The Vax is fake)
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To: 2111USMC

Well more than likely they are down in pop near the windfarms where coyotes and foxes hang around for a free lunch.


72 posted on 01/14/2022 3:19:19 PM PST by BrandtMichaels ( )
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To: LibertyWoman

Lol. “Experts!”


73 posted on 01/14/2022 3:20:33 PM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: LibertyWoman

I don’t believe this for one minute.


74 posted on 01/14/2022 3:20:39 PM PST by MarMema
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Biden promises hundreds of new windmills to be installed all along the Eastern Flyway. I’d like to see the impact statement supporting the carnage they will do.

Greens...like watermelons... Green on the outside, red in the middle. Just sayin’


75 posted on 01/14/2022 3:21:38 PM PST by Vladzred (..from deep within the Daniel Boone Forest...)
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To: Rufii

Proper handling of game in the field is to cool the meat as quickly as possible. The process starts by opening the abdominal cavity in order to remove all the viscera contained there while also gaining additional surface area for cooling. Removal of the hide also helps cool the body but that process is often delayed until the carcass can be hung for easier handling.

The author wrongly claims that the field-dress remains/viscera are the source of retained lead ammunition consumed by eagles when they scavenge after the hunters remove the carcass. As other posters have pointed out, modern rifle ammunition just isn’t there to be consumed.


76 posted on 01/14/2022 3:22:04 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: LibertyWoman

We can’t hunt on the “king’s lands” anymore...


77 posted on 01/14/2022 3:22:09 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: LibertyWoman
I wonder who fabricated this over-the-top, beyond belief, study.

The same ones who want lightweight headline readers to believe that the bald eagle population has decreased by 6%.

The eagle population growth has dropped by 6%. That mean there are 94% more new eagles this year instead of 100% compared to previous trends.

78 posted on 01/14/2022 3:22:12 PM PST by pfflier
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To: LibertyWoman

Not true. I’ve seen Bald Eagles in Maryland and North Carolina recently. I’ve never seen them in the past. Hufe difference.


79 posted on 01/14/2022 3:23:59 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Steve_Seattle

No body ever dressed my deer or elk. To keep the meat good the body heat needs to be absent. What we called field dressing the animal. Heart and liver are generally taken. I butcher my own animals. Eagle lead poisoning from hunters left overs is 🐂💩. Heat spoils meat. Got to cool the carcass and take care to keep the flys off. If you don’t want to eat it leave it alone. Wolves and coyotes excepted. IMFO


80 posted on 01/14/2022 3:24:15 PM PST by Equine1952
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