Updated Post 24 November 2017 SOAR received word from USFWS that the bald eagle Highlandville was found dead on the side of the road in Clayton County, Iowa. While the reality of his death is not pleasant, and without the telemetry unit and federal band we would never have known his fate. We also would
Here’s another preventable human hazard for raptors… just say ‘no’ to using rodenticide! While rodenticide certainly does kill rodents, it also one of those toxins that causes secondary poisoning. In other words, rodenticides kill unintended animals. Rodenticides are made from blood thinner. The secondary poisoning happens when another eats a rodent that ate poison made