Dear Wayne, The topic is interesting. - I believe that raptors go for live animals (i.e. movoing). They are not scavengers. It depends, however, wich poisons are involved. A poison can reduce the animal's locomotorics and might therefore make it more susceptible to predation. (?)
I am not aware of any specific papers dealing with this. Werner >Forum: > >Can anyone link me studies that confirm raptor poisonings from eating >poisoned rodents? > >Thanks, >WT -- Dr. Werner Haberl Former Chair, Insectivore Specialist Group, IUCN Hamburgerstrasse 11/17 A-1050 Vienna, Austria Phone & Fax: (+431) 941 13 13 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Shrew Shrine: <http://members.vienna.at/shrew> or new: http://members.chello.at/natura The Dormouse Hollow: http://www.glirarium.org/dormouse
