Lead Exposure Risk from Trash Ingestion by the Endangered California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus).
Published in Journal of wildlife diseases
Lead poisoning from ingestion of spent lead ammunition is one of the greatest threats to the recovery of California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) in the wild. Trash ingestion by condors is well documented, yet the extent that trash presents a lead exposure risk is unknown. We evaluated 1,413 trash items collected from condor nest areas and nest...
