By mistake certainly.  Some of the fish they eat have gotten a lead  
sinker down their throat and the eagle apparently doesn't recognize  
it as non-fish when it eats the fish.
Susan


On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:24 AM, RDSpears wrote:

> On 1/9/2012 8:14 PM, Norm West wrote:
>>
>>
>> As a proud tree hugger, I'm happy to share the news that our Dems  
>> platform committee approved (with only one dissenting vote) a  
>> resolution to ban lead in all ammunition and fishing tackle with  
>> the IDNR designated to disseminate educational material concerning  
>> the toxcicity of lead and of non-lead alternatives.
>>
>> And as for the lead ammo to be used in dove hunting...well, the  
>> way our dove hunting law was railroaded through at the last minute  
>> tagged onto an unrelated bill was not what the majority of Iowans  
>> wanted.  Will be interesting to see how many county conventions  
>> pass a resolution this year to repeal the Iowa dove hunting law.
>>
>> As a hunter who shoots wildlife with a camera instead of to kill,  
>> I can only say that whatever (if any) difficulties in accuracy in  
>> using non-lead ammo that arise how do we know it's not the lack of  
>> skill on the part of the hunter rather than the non-lead ammo?   
>> Canada geese and sandhill cranes are a couple of grazers in areas  
>> where doves and pheasants and quail a likely to be shot at and can  
>> pick up the wayward pellets as possible seeds though I know of no  
>> controlled studies on this scenario.
>>
>> Lead is a known toxin and has been banned from use in paint and  
>> gasoline.  It has been shown in several wildlife studies to be  
>> present in many species of scavengers, usually to their demise  
>> unless found early on.  We do know that hundreds (possibly  
>> thousands) of bald eagles all over the country get poisoned with  
>> lead from ammunition or fishing tackle every year due to their  
>> ingesting it in animals they eat.
>>
>> It continually defies reasoning to me how the vast majority of  
>> Iowans--hunters, birders, farmers, as well as tree huggers--claim  
>> to be, or try to be good stewards of our natural resources and  
>> then so many fight measures toot-and-nail to that end.
>>
>> Susan West
>>
>>
>> Eagles eat fishing tackle?
>
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
>>
>>> As a volunteer who worked on the lead-shot issue in Iowa for many  
>>> hours over many months back in the 1980s, and went to a number of  
>>> related hearings and meetings, I must respectfully disagree with  
>>> the following statement:  " Hunters quickly embraced this  
>>> solution because it was good for waterfowl."  Some hunters  
>>> embraced it, but some hunters fought very hard against it.  I'd  
>>> bet that some others who worked on the issue remember that also.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>>
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