Lead ammunition takes toll on bald eagle population

The University of Minnesota Raptor Center weighs in on the effects of lead ammunition on the state's bald eagle population.

Bald eagles are becoming secondarily lead poisoned by scavenging on lead poisoned or lead shot-crippled waterfowl.

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[dryfly94]

Stop using lead bullets, idiot hunters.

[grunder20]

nice bird.

[thegreeensky]

sad for this birds.. hope they wont get endangered...

[MacHamish]

I don't know why so many of my fellow hunters in our area are so slow to move onto safer non toxic alternatives for bullets.

My wife and I now only use non tox lead free types of ammo for our hunting. It's worth it to our family's health and the health of the wildlife that may be effected.

[oxygenhy]

bald eagles are part of the ecosystem, humans are notoriously insensitive to their environment --when will you learn deer hunters? stop deer hunting and stop the sale of lead bullets on the market ..better yet just leave this planet those who never learn to respect the ecological balance of nature !

[jaymorpheus1]

So Americans are killing off their own national bird of pride, something about that just seems wrong. As you can tell the national bird is down for the count, and the vet hospitals won't help much. Mexico's bird see's it's weakness, it'll now just swoop in and gut it like it guts a cactus.

[agricola]

is it that fucking hard to use steel shot? you HAVWE to use lead??? really???REALLY????

[Hakudohshi]

Well, I don't know about it's effectiveness, and I know it's not cheap, but steel shot does seem like a credible alternative to lead, and it's a lot healthier for the environment. I'd use it on the sporadic times I go sport shooting over the year.

[nosleraccubond]

This guy expects me to believe that lead cored bullets shot at deer poisoned this eagle? Did the eagle find a bullet or fragment of a bullet and eat it? I don't think so. This vid has the same credibility as global warming. All frauds to control free people enjoying their choseb past times. Tree huggers sure fall for this crap, hook line and sinker. Oops better not use a lead sinker. Might make a hippie sick. Give me a break already.

[englitob]

What about the lead from fishing weights and lures? Is that not mentioned because it's harder to kill someone with a fishing pole?