Lead ammunition is a threat for eagles and vultures 

The use of lead ammunition in hunting activities poses a severe threat to eagles and vultures across Europe. A published study recently revealed the scale and scope of lead contamination in tissues of large avian scavengers in south-central Europe. Out of a sample of 252 Golden Eagles as well as Bearded, Griffon and Cinereous Vultures collected wounded and dead within a large area of ​​south-central Europe, ranging from the Pyrenees to the Apennines, as many as 44% (111 individuals) showed chronic lead values ​​higher than normal and 26% (66 individuals) had clinical poisoning levels. This level of impact certainly has demographic consequences for some species, thus confirming that lead poisoning has pupation-level impacts on some of these scavenging species.
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