By: Mannyman44

Mannyman44 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:34:00 +0000

Way to go – protect the Clean Air Act! But 75% of all hunters still use LEAD PELLETS – which are left in the animals they kill, scavenged by predators – still killing large numbers of raptors – condors, hawks, etc. – and mammals, such as fox and anything else hungry on the ground. Now the NRA (and even NWF!) might say, so “what’s a few dead birds, when lead pellets are so cheap?” And, “IF you take away our lead, you’re taking away our right to bear arms.” I among many, think that’s ridiculous.
If you want to protect wildlife, as the NWF claim, support getting the lead out of hunters’ ammo. Period. No one is going to take away anyone’s guns. Just GET THE LEAD OUT – Put your money where your mouth is, and support a ban on lead-content gunshot. If there were concern for wildlife, market demand and availability of lead-free pellets would have confirmed it. So make it happen. By Ted Williams
Bad ShotDespite cheap, readily available alternatives, most American sportsmen are still using lead ammunition and fishing tackle. Because of this, some of our most majestic birds, from eagles to loons to condors, pay a terrible price.

At the Tufts University wildlife Clinic in central Massachusetts, two veterinarians were holding down a bald eagle, while a third injected hydrating fluid under the skin at the top of her leg. A fourth vet pried open her beak while a fifth popped in a painkiller. The radius and ulna in her right wing had been fractured by a collision.Crashing into things is something raptors other than accipiters rarely do, if they’re healthy. And this one wasn’t; a blood test had revealed that this eagle had been poisoned by lead, almost certainly from scavenging deer remains and ingesting part of a bullet.

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By: Mannyman44