The rare
birds were poisoned to death after ingesting a farm pesticide that's been illegal
since 2009.
May 3,
2019, 6:16 PM GMT+1
By David
K. Li
At least
seven bald eagles have been killed in the past nine weeks on Maryland's Eastern
Shore after the rare birds were exposed to a powerful pesticide that's been
illegal for a decade, officials said Friday.
Six of
them died in Kent County from ingesting carbofuran, which had once been sold
under the trade name Furadan, according to a statement by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and Maryland Natural Resources.
Then on
April 3, authorities found three bald eagles that were sickened in Talbot
Country after feeding on the carcass of a red fox that officials suspect was
killed by carbofuran. One of those eagles has since died.
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