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Are Florida Eagles Eating Euthanized Pets and Dying Because of It?
Are Florida Eagles Eating Euthanized Pets and Dying Because of It?
Susan Bird
Feb 16, 2015
More than 10 bald eagles have been found dead or desperately ill at Florida’s Marion County landfill since about 2012. The cause may shock you — rehabilitators believe the birds were poisoned by eating the improperly landfilled carcasses of euthanized house pets.
... Animis Foundation representatives believe Marion County has been improperly disposing of euthanized dogs and cats at the landfill, which is located right next door.
The two eagles found in February are just the latest in a string of pentobarbital eagle poisonings occurring at the landfill, according to Animis representative Danielle Ball.
“We’ve been called out there multiple times in the past six years,” she told WKMG Local 6 News.
More:
http://www.care2.com/causes/are-florida-eagles-eating-euthanized-pets-and-dying-because-of-it.html
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