Eagles Dying from Lead Poisoning

Bald Eagle

Claremore, Okla - In the past seven years, the Wild Heart Ranch has rescued 12 Eagles in Eastern Oklahoma and exactly half have died due to lead poisoning in the wild. …from tools hunters and fishers use within the wild… many species are contaminating one another…

“A lot of people don’t really realize that their choice to save a few pennies and purchasing lead rather than steel or brass or tungsten is actually putting our nation’s symbol at a risk for lead toxicity and death…”