Is release of rehabilitated wildlife with embedded lead ammunition advisable? Plumbism in a Jaguar Panthera Onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae), survivor of gunshot wounds

Autor:	Kelly Swing, E. Santiago Jiménez, Carolina Sáenz, David A. Egas, Eduardo A. Díaz
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Ammunition Geography Jaguar biology biology.animal Wildlife Zoology Animal Science and Zoology Panthera onca Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13:19808-19812
ISSN:	0974-7907 0974-7893
Popis:	Lead poisoning is a threat to wildlife, particularly after ingestion of lead ammunition derived from hunting activities. Little information, however, is available concerning plumbism in wild animals that survive the trauma associated with gunshot wounds. This study presents a possible example of lead intoxication by embedded pellets in a Jaguar Panthera onca nineteen months after being injured by a shotgun blast. In addition, the possible path of incorporation of lead into the trophic chain after the eventual release and death of an impacted animal, thereby expanding and prolonging the toxic effects of lead ammunition, is discussed. Direct intoxication by ammunition retained in the body of wild animals, as well as the indirect impacts on predators and scavengers that consume their flesh, should be sufficient reasons to reconsider the release of individuals with embedded lead ammunition into the wild.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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