Comments on: Injured Eagle Rescued Near Cantonment Has Died

By: Warren C. Whitehead

Warren C. Whitehead — Mon, 22 May 2017 22:03:52 +0000

Old pesticides like DDT and Chlordane were chlorinated hydrocarbons and were designed to last for years. They have all been banned since about 1988. The residue in the killed insect or animal lasted for years and damaged animals further up the food chain. Hawks and eagles laid eggs with soft shells and the baby didn’t hatch.

Newer pesticides like Malathion, Chlorpyrifos and Parathion are organophosphates and are nerve toxins which they decompose rather quickly. You can eat vegetables in about a week after they were sprayed by these pesticides.

What a shame to loose an adult Bald Eagle.

Warren.
A retired chemist.

By: Howie

Howie — Mon, 22 May 2017 03:28:51 +0000

One-third of the food we produce globally winds up in a landfill. That’s everything from fugly-looking vegetables that never even make it to store shelves to last night’s forgotten leftovers. And while throwing moldy bread and stale chips in the trash seems like the end of the story, it’s only the beginning.

Food doesn’t stop being food when it hits a landfill. And all sorts of animals are all too happy to swoop down and gorge themselves on our scraps. Our waste has the power to kill animals. Food for thought, the next time you throw away that soggy sandwich.

So, our garbage creates long-lasting effects in animals. Unless we undergo a serious and long-overdue behavioral change of our own, the rise in death of animals will continue.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 19 May 2017 19:57:23 +0000

Before we jump to conclusions and start blaming agricultural chemicals and farmers, r scientific research and statistics prove the incidence of pesticide misuse dramatically shows the highest rate of incidents come from homeowners and unlicensed applicators, not farmers, ranchers, and licensed applicators. Also, most rodenticides produced today are engineered to be terminal to the initial user and are inactive to other animals (such as predators who eat the dead rodents) further down the food chain. Any doubts, google what I have said. Local land grant universities (UF, AU, UGA, MS-State) all have research to prove the above statements.

All that said, I hate the eagle died. I have seen them eating roadkill in Pace, Navarre, and Walnut Hill in the past 3 months for some reason.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 19 May 2017 12:25:32 +0000

It probably ate a rodent that had been poisoned, actually really common unfortunately.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 19 May 2017 08:26:55 +0000

Another reason to stop using pesticides and poison. The stuff that starts by killing something like ants works it’s way up the food chain. So sad this beautiful bird died.

By: Hummmm

Hummmm — Fri, 19 May 2017 06:45:12 +0000

Liver damage and toxins… Anything to do with the area in which this magnificent bird seemed to have lived..?