{"id":27337,"date":"2022-02-15T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/?p=27337"},"modified":"2022-03-28T21:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:45:38","slug":"eagles-in-trouble-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/eagles-in-trouble-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles in Trouble Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27337\" class=\"elementor elementor-27337\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3b0a6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3b0a6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c5e53b\" data-id=\"9c5e53b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6a33b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a6a33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A study published in <em>Science<\/em> in February found that North American eagles are being seriously impacted by lead poisoning. Up to 50 percent of the birds sampled had high levels of lead in their organs, enough to slow population growth by 3.8 percent in Bald eagles and 0.8 percent in Golden eagles. The Bald eagle population is growing by 10 percent per year, and so is not as seriously impacted as are Golden eagles, whose population is less stable and therefore more easily tipped to a decline.<\/p><p>\u201cWe now know more about how lead in our environment is negatively impacting North America\u2019s eagles,\u201d says the U.S,. Geological Survey\u2019s Todd Katzner, one of the authors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/nearly-half-bald-eagles-have-lead-poisoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the study<\/a>.\u00a0 The researchers determined that eagles are being poisoned by ingesting lead bullet fragments in carcases and gut piles left behind by hunters, especially in winter, when eagles rely more on scavenging than they do in summer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b97fc5\" data-id=\"2b97fc5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da74c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da74c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Golden eagle\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjcwMzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9waWJvLmNhXC9lblwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvR29sZGVuLUVhZ2xlLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27034\" alt=\"Golden eagle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Eagle-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ee744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8ee744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Golden eagle<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study published in Science in February found that North American eagles are being seriously impacted by lead poisoning. Up to 50 percent of the birds sampled had high levels of lead in their organs, enough to slow population growth by 3.8 percent in Bald eagles and 0.8 percent in Golden eagles. 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