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04/01/2018 / By Janine Acero

Bald eagles dying of lead poisoning in Iowa

The majestic bald eagle faces a growing threat from hunters – not from bullet wounds, but from lead poisoning. The eagles reportedly have been eating dead animals whose carcasses were not properly disposed off by the hunters that shot them, according to WQAD.com. One eagle, which was rescued and brought to a SOAR (Saving Our Avian […]

09/19/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Highly intelligent Elephants adopt stealth guerilla warfare tactics to stay alive by avoiding hunters

A 10-year study found that the rise of illegal hunting in Kenya have forced elephants to become nocturnal, according to a Daily Mail report. “The escalation of poaching has become the greatest immediate threat to the survival of elephants,” Festus Ihwagi, study co-author and a researcher at the University of Twente in The Netherlands expressed. […]

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