Nearly half of bald and golden eagles in the US have chronic lead poisoning, most likely from bullet fragments
www.businessinsider.com
Eagles scavenge the remains of hunted animals, which carry lead fragments from bullets. Lead poisoning threatens to slow their population growth.

Its pretty much the most American headline I can think of

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    There are more than a few assholes who hunt solely for trophies (i.e. they hunt whitetail deer, but only cut off the antlers and leave the rest)

    There are also probably times where a hunter will hit/kill it's target, but be unable to find it. Finding a downed bird is rather hard in extremely dense underbrush