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FISHLEADFREE.CA Let's Get The Lead Out

Lead is Toxic to Wildlife

Let's Get the Lead Out of Fishing Tackle

TOXINS IN YOUR TACKLE BOX

 The "Let's Get The Lead Out" Program," is an initiative designed to reduce toxic lead fishing tackle from accumulating in the environment where it is responsible for the deaths of millions of birds and other wildlife annually.  Loons, eagles, swans and waterfowl are especially vulnerable.  Lead  is very harmful to all living things, including people and it threatens our water quality.   


Lead (Pb) is a neuro-toxin which attacks the nervous system  and can lead to blindness, decreased reproductivity, seizures and death. Lead is fatal to loons and other aquatic birds.





Lead Lurks Where Wildlife Feeds

TOXIC TACKLE IS INVISIBLE TO LOONS & OTHER AQUATIC WILDLIFE

HOW LEAD TACKLE ENDS UP IN A LOON

HOW CAN I TELL IF MY FISHING TACKLE CONTAINS LEAD?

DEADLY & INVISIBLE THREAT TO LOONS

   

Loons eat a fish with ingested or attached tackle.


Loons grab your bait or fish from your fishing line.


They scoop up lead sinkers on the lake bottom  when  gathering pebbles to aid in their digestion. 


Photo Credit - Avian Haven 

DEADLY & INVISIBLE THREAT TO LOONS

HOW CAN I TELL IF MY FISHING TACKLE CONTAINS LEAD?

DEADLY & INVISIBLE THREAT TO LOONS

IS IT GRIT OR LEAD?


This is an actual sample of the lakebed in Wolfe Lake. Lead tackle was added to illustrate how difficult it is to identify grit from lead. 


Loons can't tell the difference between lead tackle and pebbles. Can you?   How many pieces of lead fishing tackle are in the picture?

HOW CAN I TELL IF MY FISHING TACKLE CONTAINS LEAD?

HOW CAN I TELL IF MY FISHING TACKLE CONTAINS LEAD?

HOW CAN I TELL IF MY FISHING TACKLE CONTAINS LEAD?

 

Lead is dull and grey in colour.  It will leave a mark when scratched on paper. 


Lead is a dense soft metal. If you can dent it with your fingernail or pliers it is lead. 


Is it safe to use coated lead tackle?


Coatings are quickly eroded by the grinding in the digestive system and then lead is absorbed into the blood stream. 

Sentinel Species

OUR LOONS ARE THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE

A LONG LIFE IS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN THE LOON SPECIES

Loon life expectancy is 15-30 years.  


Their long life is credited to sustaining their species. 


Photo Credit - Justin Hoffman

LOONS HAVE A LOW REPRODUCTIVE RATE

Loons do not mate until they reach the age of 6-7 years of age.  


They average 1/2 chick per year. 


Photo Credit - Justin Hoffman
 

LET'S GET THE LEAD OUT

LET'S GET THE LEAD OUT

It takes only one small piece of lead to kill an adult Loon!


In addition to aquatic birds, lead endangers mammals, amphibians, reptiles and songbirds, too .   


Lead-free fishing tackle is not a novelty product.   Ask for it at wherever fishing tackle is sold.  

Eagles Are Victims Too

Lead Toxicity in Bald Eagles

Poisoned Eagle Dying From Lead Toxicity

Poisoned Eagle Dying From Lead Toxicity

 Over the past twenty-five years, lead toxicity—or lead poisoning—has become an increasingly apparent concern impacting bald eagles along with other bird species and wildlife. 

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Poisoned Eagle Dying From Lead Toxicity

Poisoned Eagle Dying From Lead Toxicity

Poisoned Eagle Dying From Lead Toxicity

Bald eagles are poisoned when they eat a dead or dying fish with broken line and lead tackle attached. 


Photo Credit  - Sandy Pines Wildlife  Centre - poisoned Eagle dying from lead toxicity.

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It’s a preventable tragedy – and together, we can make positive change!

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