Millions of hunters continue to disperse thousands of tons of lead into the environment, putting people in jeopardy and causing pain and death for wildlife Nobody should use bullets that keep killing long after discharged from a firearm. But that’s exactly what happens when hunters load lead rounds into their shotguns and rifles, take aim … Read more
Getting the Lead Out
Millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and non-toxic metals for ammunition. Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation will reduce needless, incidental poisoning of millions of wild animals by lead … Read more
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to slow walk banning lead ammunition on just two percent of 400+ refuges allowing sport hunting. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation strongly criticized a final rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that purports to address the ongoing, mass … Read more
Animal Wellness notes that millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and far less toxic metals for ammunition Washington D.C. — Late this week, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges. The legislation would put an end to the needless incidental poisoning … Read more
Science Study Documents Continent-Wide Effects of Lead Ammo on Eagles If sport hunters had shot and injured or killed thousands, or even tens of thousands of bald and golden eagles, there’d be an uninterrupted uproar. Rightly so. The perpetrators, if there were any justice, would be prosecuted under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Or, under … Read more
Animal Wellness notes that millions of hunters have already switched to copper, steel, and far less toxic metals for ammunition Washington D.C. — Today U.S. Representative Ted Lieu, D-Ca., introduced legislation to phase out the use of lead ammunition on National Wildlife Refuges, putting an end to the needless incidental poisoning of millions of wild animals … Read more
The Golden State is the nation’s first to adopt a ban on toxic and deadly hunting hardware Bullets should not keep killing long after they’ve left the barrel of a firearm. Starting today in California, they won’t. I worked with other advocates on a series of California bills starting more than a decade ago to … Read more