Britain’s ban on lead ammunition could save tens of thousands of birds from poisoning

Britain’s ban on lead ammunition could save tens of thousands of birds from poisoning

CHUYKO SERGEY/ShutterstockThe UK’s environment minister Emma Hardy has announced a ban on toxic lead ammunition to protect Britain’s countryside. This ban includes the sale and use for hunting of both lead shotgun ammunition (each cartridge of which contains hundreds of small lead pellets called “shot”), used mainly for hunting small game animals like gamebirds, and large calibre lead bullets, used for hunting large game animals like deer. This …

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