Hunter2Hunter: non-lead ammunitions in Kvarner Islands - Vulture Conservation Foundation

Hunter2Hunter: non-lead ammunitions in Kvarner Islands - Vulture Conservation Foundation

Lead poisoning is one of the leading causes of death among vultures in Europe. It endangers not only vultures, but also other wildlife, hunting dogs, and humans who consume game meat. Lead hunting ammunitions are the main source of this silent threat, therefore addressing this issue requires a comprehensive approach. In Croatia, where Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) are making a slow recovery, efforts to eliminate this threat have taken a practic…

Despite the ban on lead hunting in wetlands for nearly twenty years, waterbirds in Camargue continue to die from poisoning. A new scientific study reveals contamination

This type of hunting munition has been banned since 2006 in French wetlands. But almost twenty years later a scientific study published on Tuesday in the journal Conservation Science and Practice shows that lead poisoning of waterbirds has not decreased.