Fragments left in deer carcasses can sicken scavenging birds, a state ornithologist said.

Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe’s recent commentary (“Hunting deer with lead ammunition has the side effect of killing America’s eagles,” Feb. 22) reveals a tenuous grasp ...

Today, the EU REACH Committee met to discuss a revised version of the lead restriction proposal, put forward by the European ...

Once ingested, lead attacks the nervous and digestive systems as well as their immune function, causing weakness, paralysis, ...

In October, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 711 making it illegal to use lead ammunition for hunting, a ban that will be phased in from 2015 to 2019. For UC Santa Cruz environmental toxicologists ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League has come out against legislation that would ban lead ammunition used in school shooting sports. Supporters of the bill say the league ...

I started hunting as a young boy, and was taught the importance of gun safety, and the ethic of respect for the animals being pursued as a keystone element of “sportsmanship.” I was taught not to pull ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: While hunting, I accidentally shot my dog, Buck, with lead shot. He ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - With the gun deer opener just days away, hunters are being warned about potential health risks from lead ammunition. A health expert with Marshfield Clinic says hunters using ...

"Nobody was in trouble from the lead levels," Pickard said. However, "the effect was small but large enough to be a concern," he said. Pickard said the study found "the more recent the consumption of ...

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