Illegal shooting along power lines a leading cause of death for bald eagles, protected birds in the

[douglas9]

BOISE, IDAHO - A study examining protected birds found dead along power lines on public lands in the western U.S. shows that gunshot deaths were three times more common than deaths from other causes.

In the Great Basin of the western U.S., power poles and power lines are often the tallest landscape features available to birds for perching and nesting. However, these human-made structures can also come with risks to birds.

“Power-line collisions and electrocutions are well documented causes of bird deaths worldwide, but there are many other risks to birds that live near humans. An accurate diagnosis is essential for effective wildlife management,” said Eve Thomason, lead author and a recent graduate of the Raptor Biology MS program and now a Research Associate in the Raptor Research Center at Boise State University. “Knowing if a bird died from electrocution, fell from a nest, was shot, or even exposed to poison, is critical to guiding conservation decision-making.”


https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/illegal-shooting-along-power-lines-a-leading-cause-death-bald-eagles

[2naSalit]

1. People with guns...

Are a nemesis to our country and to wildlife.

[democratsruletheday]

3. Not necessarily....

there are millions of responsible gun owners who are died in the wool Dems. I know this because I'm one of them! I hunt small game with my son and we harvest and eat everything we hunt: same with fishing. Don't wanna start an argument but the majority of gun owners in the U.S. are law abiding IMO but about 10% of the idiots who kill other people and illegally shoot wildlife kind of give the rest of us a bad name so to speak.

We went fishing yesterday and saw a whole family of bald eagles on the lake doing the same. We catch and release and RARELY injure a fish but that's what happened to one yesterday. We tossed it back into the water hoping the eagles would take advantage and sure enough one came out of nowhere and snatched it. People and wildlife can live together and do it well.

[303squadron]

2. That reminds me of a song