Mountain Lion Caught On Game Cam In St.louis Co

[NoLuck]

I don't argue the fact that poison is poison. How bad they were affected is not really known from what I can remember. Eagles and other fish eating birds of prey definitely took the brunt of the hit. Jd is pretty much right on with the almost wiping out of all game species because of commercial hunting and over hunting of the general public to feed their families. But I think it would be pretty narrow minded to think that it didn't affect other birds and animals. To what degree we don't really know.

[smallmouthjoe]

The original group of birds we were talking about were wild turkeys and snow goose populations right? I didn't know we were talking about passerines or individuals within the population. Yes, any individual passerine, fundalid, cyprinid, great ape, or any animal is going to be affected by consuming or being exposed to large quantities of DDT or any other pesticide. The original argument that the wild turkey and snow goose populations were dramatically reduced by DDT is what i was countering, not that animals that receive large quantities of toxic chemicals aren't going to be harmed. The addition of chemicals being introduced to our environment is a concern with out a doubt, many pesticides are estrogen mimics and it is hypothesized that they are the chemicals that are causing a lower sperm count in men and causing the testes of some wild animals testes to look more like ovaries.