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X-rays determined the goose had eaten lead pellets. From Nov. 15 to Dec. 7, volunteers captured sick geese nearby. Some were found in retention ditches off North Avenue in Lombard, at North ...

lead pellets are seen in an X-ray of a Canada goose at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center in Willowbrook. From left: Chicago Bird Collision Monitors; Sarah Reich/DuPage Wildlife Conservation ...

Thanks to the shooting industry, billions of individual lead shotgun pellets are left to contaminate our wetland and terrestrial habitats – a toxic legacy for our environment and wildlife.