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Lead Poisoning in Waterbirds
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Background information
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“Lead shot has been found in gizzards of a large number of species. Mud samples have shown that lead pellet densities are locally very high.” 

Nicola Baccetti, National Wildlife Institute (infS), Bologna, Italy

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SOLUTIONS; ALTERNATIVES TO LEAD SHOT

3. ACTIONS UNDER AEWA

4. REVIEW OF THE ISSUE

5. WORKSHOP IN ROMANIA

6. WHAT'S NEXT?

7. ESSAY OF NIELS KANSTRUP, HUNTER AND CONSERVATIONIST

8. USEFUL LINKS AND LITERATURE

 

International data, for example from Germany or Denmark or England, will be much less convincing to our hunters than sound Ukrainian data.” 

Vasiliy Kostyushin, Wetlands International Black Sea Programme, Ukraine

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