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Please credit The Peregrine Fund for all uses of these photographs. If you have questions, contact Susan Whaley at (208) 362-3716 or swhaley@peregrinefund.org.

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		The California Condor is the most endangered bird in North America. It is also the largest, with a wingspan of about nine feet. Its survival is threatened by spent lead ammunition fragments in its food. (936kb)

		Chris Parish (left) and Eddie Feltes of The Peregrine Fund draw blood for the first time from a young California Condor that hatched last year at the Grand Canyon. Currently, every free-flying condor in Arizona is captured and tested for lead poisoning twice a year. (1,059kb)

		A California Condor soars near the Grand Canyon. (905kb)

		Study samples were drawn from two-pound packages of deer processed into ground meat and loin steaks. (463kb)

		X-rays reveal lead fragments in a package of ground venison. Some individual packages of both ground meat and steaks contained up to nine fragments. (97kb)

		X-rays reveal lead fragments in a package of ground venison. Some individual packages of both ground meat and steaks contained up to nine fragments. (103kb)

		X-rays reveal lead fragments in a package of ground venison. Some individual packages of both ground meat and steaks contained up to nine fragments. (Image reversed for clarity.) (102kb)

		An x-ray shows wide dispersal of metal fragments in the body cavity of a deer. For the study, a total of 30 deer were killed using standard lead-core, copper-jacketed bullets. (742kb)

		Participants in the Conference on Spent Lead Ammunition in Wildlife and Humans in Boise, Idaho (4 MB)

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