• Voluntary UK initiatives to phase out toxic lead shot for pheasant hunting have had little impact
    Three years into a five-year pledge to completely phase out lead shot in UK game hunting, a Cambridge-led study finds that 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption were killed using lead. Today...
  • Lead shot and waterfowl
    A press release from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust caught my eye the other day. According to a study 70% of ducks bought from English suppliers had been killed illegally with guns firing lead shot...
  • Banning lead should not be a toxic issue.
    RSPB's Agriculture Policy Officer, Ellie Crane, is attending the Convention on Migratory Species Conference of the Parties in Quito - vital decisions are in the process of being made - here's a guest...
  • The fight against lead poisoning – the latest
    (c) Ben Andrew, (rspb-images.com) T oday’s blog is written by Imogen Taylo r, Species Policy Officer and Fiona Dobson , International Policy Officer , about the campaigns in both the UK and EU to...
  • Another veterinary drug confirmed toxic to vultures
    A paper published in the current issue of Science of the Total Environment confirms that the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) nimesulide is toxic to vultures, following safety testing of the...