Word: andreano
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...California, the stakes are more specific, and considerably higher. There, according to Paul Andreano of the "unleaded sportsman" organization Project Gutpile and other wildlife experts, lead has caused the death of 13 California condors. Thirteen may not sound like a large number, but it is for an endangered species whose population was down to a mere 22 in the 1980s and now, after two decades of capturing and breeding, still only hovers at 279 individual birds. According to a recent U.C.-Santa Cruz study, about one-third of 18 tested birds - easy victims because they are strictly scavengers and therefore...
...just endangered species that Andreano and Miller claim to be worried about. They are seeking a national ban on lead ammo because they believe - and some scientific studies suggest as well - that it also may be poisoning people, especially children, who eat hunted meats. Says Andreano, "There is such a problem with minute fragments of lead making their way onto the hunters' dinner table that we feel, ultimately, this is a human health and safety issue...
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