Wildlife center shares heartfelt plea to hunters after taking in sick bald eagle

YORK, Pa. — A Lancaster County animal rehabilitation center has a message for hunters, and it’s not “stop hunting.”

Instead, the organization is drawing attention to an unintended harm that can affect wildlife long after hunters have left the area: lead bullets.

Raven Ridge Wildlife Center posted on Facebook urging hunters to use non-lead ammunition after it took in a bald eagle believed to be suffering from lead poisoning contracted from a deer carcass…

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