It’s not uncommon to find some shotgun pellets in your pheasant, but could consumers be eating too much lead inadvertently?
Addressing Lead Shot and its Effects on the Environment in Hunting
Dangerous levels of toxic lead found in UK dog food
Major lead exposure from hunting ammunition in eagles from Sweden
Some Research on Lead Shot in Pheasant, Page 2
Percent of pheasants shot with lead ammunition in the UK (green
Implications for food safety of the size and location of fragments
Dogs could be at risk of serious lead poisoning from eating this
Economic assessment of wild bird mortality induced by the use of
New study shows pheasants still full of poisonous lead shot three
Research shows it's not clear whether predator control programs work.