Lead poisoning kills too many birds; hunters and anglers can do something about it From mid-November to early December, more than two dozen geese were diagnosed with lead poisoning, and 11 died.

Between 1992 and 2023, lead poisoning accounted for the mortality of 137 wild condors, 48% of all known deaths, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Since 2021, Think Wild has treated more than 20 birds of prey for lead toxicity — bald eagles, golden eagles, even turkey vultures — but only six have survived and returned to the wild.

The funding cuts significantly impact the society’s lead-free ammunition program, its executive directory said.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Lead poisoning has been injuring more birds, otherwise known as raptors. The lead can come from certain ammunition used in hunting and lead lures in fishing.

Lead sinkers is what we have found in swans, but also lead shot if it’s at the bottom of a water body.” Luckily, there is a way to insure America’s symbol and other birds can stay poison-free.

In the period between 1992 — when nearly extinct condors were released back into the wild — and 2021, 120 birds died of lead poisoning, accounting for over half the deaths among wild birds.

Yet toxic lead is still entering the food chain through widespread use of lead hunting ammunition and fishing tackle, poisoning wildlife and even threatening human health. At least 75 wild bird ...

Lead poisoning isn’t the only way that humans kill eagles: The birds are also shot, either accidentally or intentionally; electrocuted by power lines; hit by cars; and killed by wind farms.

For example, in Western Australia's port town of Esperance in 2006, mass bird deaths were traced to lead poisoning from a nearby ore stockpiles. A clean-up ensued, preventing health impacts on the ...

In Feb. 2023, officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, experienced an incident when a bald eagle — America's bird — died from lead poisoning.

Vets working with wildlife rescue groups have treated about a dozen wild birds with lead poisoning in the past couple months, Dr. Rebecca Vincent-Sturdivant with Animal Medical Center of Wyoming said.