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Bald eagle found in northwest suburbs may have died from bird flu, expert says
Bald eagles have had a tough go over the years, in large part because of the pesticide DDT that once was widely used. “Shortly after World War II, DDT was hailed as a new pesticide to control ...
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Opinion/Guest column: SGAR rodenticides place eagles, wildlife at risk
Another important thing to remember is that when birds of prey and other wildlife are poisoned by SGARs, they can no longer ...
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SAVING THE BALD EAGLE
The bald eagle has been a major player in American conservation history ... When the story of its poisoning by DDT was popularized in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a nascent environmental movement ...
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With bald eagles becoming official national bird, here's what to know about them in Pa.
When the EPA banned DDT in 1972, the eagle population had a chance to rebound and it did. Saving wildlife: Endangered Species Act at 50: How it's aided eagles, osprey, falcons, people in ...
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Sedgwick County Zoo eagle dies at 35
Bon in California in 1989, the Sedgwick County Zoo said Mariposa “was part of the US Bald Eagle Recovery Programwhich helped ensure the survival of wild chicks due to the harms of DDT.” ...
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Bald eagle found in northwest suburbs may have died from bird flu, expert says
Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. A bald eagle was found dead from suspected bird flu in recent days in a forested area of the northwest suburbs, another signal of ...