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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0273_01CE296E.A2F61260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0273_01CE296E.A2F61260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19403"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 = 752-7644<BR></DIV> <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> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dhelene.birdvet@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">Helene Van Doninck</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 25, 2013 = 3:07=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Lead = poisoning talk=20 at the NSBS Meeting this Thursday</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = 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. </SPAN><BR=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px">Presentation=20 Summary:</SPAN><BR=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: = rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); = 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> ------=_NextPart_000_0273_01CE296E.A2F61260--
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