I read your piece regarding lead poisoning in eagles [“By allowing the eagle to soar, we’ll be saving wildlife as well as ourselves,” Altamont Enterprise editorial, Sept. 12, 2024]. You did an amazing job. You really did your homework on that.
I work as a volunteer at Friends of Feathered and Furry Wildlife in Lexington, New York. We get so many eagles and other raptors with lead poisoning, it is really nice to see someone have the courage to put that information out there. Thank you very much.
One thing I would like to add, regarding the ammunition, is that when steel was first introduced for waterfowl, it really sucked, but this copper ammunition for hunting now, it outperforms the lead bullets. The Military Times wrote, “Lead’s best day was their green bullets everyday.”…