Effects of lead from ammunition on birds and other wildlife: A review and update

DJ Pain, R Mateo, RE Green - Ambio, 2019 - Springer
Poisoning of wild birds following ingestion of lead from ammunition has long been
recognised and considerable recent research has focused on terrestrial birds, including …

Animal harms and food production: Informing ethical choices

JO Hampton, TH Hyndman, BL Allen, B Fischer - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Consideration of animal welfare in food choices has become an influential
contemporary theme. Traditional animal welfare views about food have been largely …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated lead exposure in Australian hunting dogs during a deer hunting season

JO Hampton, ML Cobb, SD Toop, JS Flesch… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is growing recognition of the threat posed by toxic lead-based ammunition. One group
of domestic animals known to be susceptible to harmful lead exposure via this route is …

European mammal exposure to lead from ammunition and fishing weight sources

L Chiverton, R Cromie, R Kock - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Ammunition and fishing weight usage is the greatest largely unregulated contributor of lead
(Pb) deposition to the European environment. While the range of negative impacts of Pb …

High Frequency of Lead Exposure in the Population of an Endangered Australian Top Predator, the Tasmanian Wedge‐Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi)

JM Pay, TE Katzner, CE Hawkins… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lead poisoning, mainly through incidental ingestion of lead ammunition in carcasses, is a
threat to scavenging and predatory bird species worldwide. In Australia, shooting for animal …

Completing a worldwide picture: preliminary evidence of lead exposure in a scavenging bird from mainland Australia

MT Lohr, JO Hampton, S Cherriman, F Busetti… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lead toxicity from ammunition has been shown to be a threat to scavenging birds across the
globe. Despite decades of research in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Lead exposure of mainland Australia's top avian predator

JO Hampton, MT Lohr, AJ Specht, D Nzabanita… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) toxicity, through ingestion of lead ammunition in carcasses, is a threat to
scavenging birds worldwide, but has received little attention in Australia. We analyzed lead …

Managing macropods without poisoning ecosystems

JO Hampton, JM Pay, TE Katzner… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A recent review of the management of hyperabundant macropods in Australia proposed that
expanded professional shooting is likely to lead to better biodiversity and animal welfare …

Portable X-ray fluorescence for bone lead measurements of Australian eagles

JO Hampton, AJ Specht, JM Pay, MA Pokras… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) toxicity from ammunition has been shown to be a threat to scavenging birds
across the globe. Toxic levels of lead have recently been found in Australia's largest bird of …

Further investigation of lead exposure as a potential threatening process for a scavenging marsupial species

DJ Hutchinson, EM Jones, JM Pay… - Australian veterinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing recognition of the harmful effects of lead exposure on avian and
mammalian scavengers. This can lead to both lethal and non‐lethal effects which may …