Lead from ammunition has made this one sick Golden Eagle. As Veterinarian Vicki Joseph of the Bird and Pet Clinic in Roseville explains, this female bird was lucky to live, and has a lot of treatment ahead of it. Joseph has treated a number of raptors for lead poisoning and is fairly sure that this Golden Eagle was exposed when it ate meat containing fragments of lead ammunition.

This video was taken on March 8 by Jennifer Fearing of the Humane Society of the United States.