Athens Banner-Herald The bald eagle that died recently at a University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine clinic actually died of lead poisoning and was not shot, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced Friday. “They told us the preliminary x-ray showed pellets inside the bird and we had the assumption it was shot. After they examined it further, it had ingested lead pellets probably from another animal that had been shot,” Public Affairs Officer Mark McKinnon said. “It died from lead poisoning due to the ingestion of those lead pellets. That’s something I’ve never run across,” he said.