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A wildlife rescue and rehab is calling for change, after helping multiple bald eagles with lead poisoning. Hog Capitol Wildfire Rescue and Rehab, based out of Kewanee, helps wild animals back to health. The rescue is now helping bald eagles that have contracted lead poisoning and say it’s a growing concern among the birds. “They […]
Hog Capital Wildlife Rescue and Rehab Hog Capital Wildlife Rescue and Rehab in Kewanee has taken in three bald eagles with confirmed lead poisoning from across Illinois in recent weeks. All three of them have since died. Tamara Yarger, president of Hog Capital Wildlife Rescue and Rehab, says the main cause of the lead poisoning are hunters using lead ammunition, who ten leave the remains for other animals to find. "Sometimes when that lead goes in it will bounce off the bone and it will shatter, and go into the internal organs," Yarger said. "That field dress then contains the ...