[NatureNS] Lead poisoning talk at the NSBS Meeting this Thursday

From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644

Hi all
May I recommend this talk. Helene did a presentation earlier to the =
Pictou Co. Naturalists and is very knowledgeable in this subject and =
very pro-active in finding solutions. You will learn a lot.=20
Ken

----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Helene Van Doninck=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:07 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] Lead poisoning talk at the NSBS Meeting this =
Thursday


  There will be a presentation on Lead Poisoning in Bald eagles at 7:30 =
pm on March 28 at the regular monthly meeting of the Nova Scotia Bird =
Society at the Natural History Museum In Halifax. Presenter is Helene =
Van Doninck DVM of the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. All are =
welcome.=20

  Presentation Summary:
  Poisoning from spent lead ammunition has been documented in many =
species worldwide and is an issue that occurs repeatedly in Nova Scotia =
in the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). This presentation will =
discuss the science behind lead poisoning , concerns about the entry of =
lead into the human food chain through lead harvested game, and the =
solution to this solvable problem: the use of non-lead ammunition. The =
key to decreasing the incidence of lead poisoning is hunter outreach. =
Education efforts in Nova Scotia have resulted in positive and =
groundbreaking initiatives.



  --=20
  Helene Van Doninck DVM
  Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
  RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0
  902-893-0253
  birdvet@hotmail.com
  www.cwrc.net

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<DIV>Hi all</DIV>
<DIV>May I recommend this talk. Helene did a presentation earlier to the =
Pictou=20
Co. Naturalists and is very knowledgeable in this subject and very =
pro-active in=20
finding solutions. You will learn a lot. </DIV>
<DIV>Ken</DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 25, 2013 =
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PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Lead =
poisoning talk=20
  at the NSBS Meeting this Thursday</DIV>
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rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px">There=20
  will be a presentation on Lead Poisoning in Bald eagles at 7:30 pm on =
March 28=20
  at the regular monthly meeting of the Nova Scotia Bird Society at the =
Natural=20
  History Museum In Halifax. Presenter is Helene Van Doninck DVM of the =
Cobequid=20
  Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. All are welcome.&nbsp;</SPAN><BR=20
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  Summary:</SPAN><BR=20
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FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: =
rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px">Poisoning=20
  from spent lead ammunition has been documented in many species =
worldwide and=20
  is an issue that occurs repeatedly in Nova Scotia in the bald eagle=20
  (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). This presentation will discuss the science =
behind=20
  lead poisoning , concerns about the entry of lead into the human food =
chain=20
  through lead harvested game, and the solution to this solvable =
problem: the=20
  use of non-lead ammunition. The key to decreasing the incidence of =
lead=20
  poisoning is hunter outreach. Education efforts in Nova Scotia have =
resulted=20
  in positive and groundbreaking initiatives.</SPAN><BR clear=3Dall>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>Helene Van Doninck DVM<BR>Cobequid Wildlife=20
  Rehabilitation Centre<BR>RR#1 Brookfield NS =
B0N1C0<BR>902-893-0253<BR><A=20
  href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" =
target=3D_blank>birdvet@hotmail.com</A><BR><A=20
  href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net"=20
target=3D_blank>www.cwrc.net</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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