Re: Thanksgiving

[Cliff]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:20:49 -0800 (PST), cncmillgil <mil...@cin.net> wrote:

>You can't sore with the Eagles if your surrounded by Turkey's<g>

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/condor-lead-47121015
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California Condor: In Danger of Lead Poisoning
Fish and Game Commission Shoots Down Lead Bullets
]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-23-condor_x.htm
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SAN FRANCISCO � One of the great feel-good environmental stories of the past 30
years is the recovery of the majestic California condor, North America's largest
bird, a scavenger-turned-billboard for the campaign to save endangered species.
On the brink of extinction, saved by a captive-breeding program, the condor
population has grown from just 22 birds in 1982 to 289 today; 135 are in the
wild and more are released every year.

Even so, condors have failed to gain a secure foothold in the hills and deserts
of California and Arizona because of lead poisoning, the most often diagnosed
cause of death, environmentalists say.

Environmental groups say the most likely source is condors' eating of game that
was shot by hunters using lead bullets.
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]