Hunting with lead ammunition is not sustainable: European perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Much evidence demonstrates the adverse effects of lead ammunition on wildlife, their habitats and human health, and confirms that the use of such ammunition has no place within sustainable hunting. We identify the provisions that define sustainable hunting according to European law and international treaties, together with their guidance documents. We accept the substantial evidence for lead's actual and potential effects on wildlife, habitats and health as persuasive and assess how these effects relate to stated provisions for sustainability and hunting. We evaluate how continued use of lead ammunition negatively affects international efforts to halt loss of biodiversity, sustain wildlife populations and conserve their habitats. We highlight the indiscriminate and avoidable health and wel

SUBMITTER: Kanstrup N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230327 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature