Posted by: Sandy Steinman | February 15, 2022

Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition

NPR  reports

The bald eagle population has slowly recovered from the impact of a pesticide that nearly drove them to extinction decades ago. But now researchers at Cornell University have found that lead ammunition continues to hamper the resilience of these American icons.

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